Multimodal signaling in male and female foot-flagging frogs Staurois guttatus (Ranidae): An alerting function of calling

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 772-781

  Grafe, T Ulmar ^a   Wanger, Thomas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; VISUAL CUE;

ANURA; RANIDAE; STAUROIS;

EID: 34447512771     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01378.x     Document Type: Article

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