Do temperature and social environment interact to affect call rate in frogs (Crinia signifera)?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-214

  Wong, Bob B M ^a,b   Cowling, A N N ^a   Cunningham, Ross B ^a   Donnelly, Christine F ^a   Cooper, Paul D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Male male competition; Myobatrachidae; Social environment; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FROG; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; CRINIA; MYOBATRACHIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 2342541689     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01338.x     Document Type: Article

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