Thresholds for evoked vocal responses of Eupsophus emiliopugini (amphibia, leptodactylidae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Penna, Mario ^a   Narins, Peter M ^b   Feng, Albert S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic Communication; Advertisement calls; Anurans; South America; Temperate forest; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FROG; INDUCED RESPONSE; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; EUPSOPHUS EMILIOPUGINI; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 31344447243     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-21     Document Type: Article

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