Effects of season and weather on calling in the Australian microhylid frogs Austrochaperina robusta and Cophixalus ornatus

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-363

  Hauselberger, Kim F ^a   Alford, Ross A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anura; Australia; Austrochaperina robusta; Behavior; Calling; Cophixalus ornatus; Microhylidae; Seasonality; Weather

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; BREEDING SEASON; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; HUMIDITY; LUNAR PHASE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WEATHER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; AUSTROCHAPERINA; COPHIXALUS ORNATUS; MICROHYLIDAE;

EID: 33751579760     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-03.1     Document Type: Article

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