How, when, and where to perform visual displays: The case of the Amazonian frog Hyla parviceps

Herpetologica

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 420-429

  Amézquita, Adolfo ^a   Hödl, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agonistic interactions; Amira; Communication; Habitat selection; Visual signaling

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FROG; HABITAT SELECTION;

ANURA; HYLA; HYLA PARVICEPS; HYLIDAE; PERCIDAE;

EID: 10644252900     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/02-51     Document Type: Article

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