Multimodal signals, imperfect information, and identification of sex in red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 132-139

  Page, Robert B ^a,b   Jaeger, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Imperfect information; Plethodon cinereus; Sensory modality; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

OLFACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNALING; TERRITORIALITY;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; PLETHODON; PLETHODON CINEREUS;

EID: 3042534859     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0774-9     Document Type: Article

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