Susceptibility of evoked vocal responses to noise exposure in a frog of the temperate austral forest

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-56

  Penna, Mario ^a   Hamilton West, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Eupsophus calcaratus; Eupsophus emiliopugini; leptodactylid frog; playback techniques; response to noise; temperate forest; vocal communication; vocal strategies

Indexed keywords

FROG; NOISE; TEMPERATE FOREST; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; EUPSOPHUS CALCARATUS; EUPSOPHUS EMILIOPUGINI; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 34347204884     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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