Temporal niche of acoustic activity in anurans: Interspecific and seasonal variation in a neotropical assemblage from south-eastern Brazil

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 269-276

  Boquimpani Freitas, Leonardo ^a   Marra, Rodrigo Ventura ^b,c   Van Sluys, Monique ^b   Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte ^b  

^a Diretoria de Ecossistemas   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIEL VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE OVERLAP; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADENOMERA MARMORATA; ANURA; APLASTODISCUS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS PARVUS; PHYSALAEMUS SIGNIFER; SCINAX; SCINAX TRAPICHEIROI;

EID: 34547952073     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853807780202422     Document Type: Article

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