Ultrasonic communication in concave-eared torrent frogs (Amolops tormotus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-167

  Feng, Albert S ^a   Narins, Peter M ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Ear canal; Frequency modulation; Nonlinear phenomena; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUDITORY CORTEX; EAR; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; EAR; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 38849153723     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0267-1     Document Type: Review

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