Courtship calls and behavior in two species of chorus frogs, genus Pseudacris (Anura: Hylidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-144

  Owen, Patrick C ^a,c   Tucker, John K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; FROG;

ANURA; HYLIDAE; PSEUDACRIS; PSEUDACRIS ILLINOENSIS; PSEUDACRIS TRISERIATA;

EID: 33644899101     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)006[0137:CCABIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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