Faux frogs: multimodal signalling and the value of robotics in animal behaviour

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1089-1097

  Taylor, Ryan C ^a,b   Klein, Barrett A ^b   Stein, Joey ^c   Ryan, Michael J ^b,d  

^a MOUNT ST MARY S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Moey Inc   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

female choice; multimodal signalling; Physalaemus pustulosus; robotics; sexual selection; t ngara frog; visual cue

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FROG; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE CHOICE; ROBOTICS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; PHYSALAEMUS PUSTULOSUS;

EID: 49349092992     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.01.031     Document Type: Note

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