Visual communication in Brazilian species of anurans from the Atlantic forest

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1675-1685

  Hartmann, Marília T ^a   Giasson, Luis O M ^a   Hartmann, Paulo A ^a   Haddad, Célio F B ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anuran; Atlantic forest; Behaviour; Hyalinobatrachium; Hyla; Hylodes; Scinax

Indexed keywords

VISION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANURA; CENTROLENIDAE; EURYDICE; HYALINOBATRACHIUM; HYLA; HYLIDAE; HYLODES; HYLODES ASPER; HYLODES PHYLLODES; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; PHYLLODES; SCINAX;

EID: 17444415754     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930400008744     Document Type: Article

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