Preferences based on spectral differences in acoustic signals in four species of treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2990-2998

  Gerhardt, H Carl ^a   Martínez Rivera, Carlos C ^a   Schwartz, Joshua J ^b   Marshall, Vincent T ^c   Murphy, Christopher G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Hyla; Matched filtering; Non linear effect; Pre existing bias; Spectral structure preference

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANURA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANURA; HYLA; HYLA ARENICOLOR; HYLA AVIVOCA; HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS; HYLA VERSICOLOR; HYLIDAE;

EID: 34948874794     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.006312     Document Type: Article

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