Correlates of vocal display in a Costa Rican population of strawberry poison-dart frogs, Dendrobates pumilio

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-107

  Graves, Brent M ^a   Stanley, Kari A ^a,b   Gardner, Emily A ^a,c  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; DENDROBATES PUMILIO; DENDROBATIDAE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; PERCIDAE;

EID: 16244401980     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0101:COVDIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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