Nonoptimal propagation of advertisement calls of midwife toads in Iberian habitats

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1227-1237

  Penna, Mario ^a   Márquez, Rafael ^b   Bosch, Jaime ^b   Crespo, Eduardo G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISEMENT CALLS; CISTERNASII HABITATS; NONOPTIMAL PROPAGATION; OBSTETRICANS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ATTENUATION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; LOUDSPEAKERS; MARKETING;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALYTES CISTERNASII; ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TOAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANURA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PORTUGAL; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAPE RECORDING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 31744444330     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2149769     Document Type: Article

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