Temporal organization of an anuran acoustic community in a Taiwanese subtropical forest

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 269, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-339

  Hsu, M Y ^a   Kam, Y C ^b   Fellers, G M ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic community; Amphibian; Subtropical anuran

Indexed keywords

FROG; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOCALIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

ANURA; FEJERVARYA LIMNOCHARIS; LIMNONECTES KUHLII;

EID: 33745070262     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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