How female barking treefrogs, Hyla gratiosa, use multiple call characteristics to select a mate

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1463-1472

  Burke, Emily J ^a   Murphy, Christopher G ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; barking treefrogs; Hyla gratiosa; mate choice; playback; sexual selection; vocal communication; vocalization

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FROG; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ANURA; HYLA; HYLA GRATIOSA;

EID: 35748938458     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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