Use of the harmonic direction finder to study the terrestrial habitats of the European tree frog (Hyla arborea)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 138-142

  Pellet, Jérôme ^a   Rechsteiner, Luca ^a   Skrivervik, Anja K ^b   Zürcher, Jean François ^b   Perrin, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; FROG; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANURA; HYLA ARBOREA;

EID: 34547743872     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853806776052173     Document Type: Article

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