Advertisement-call modification, male competition, and female preference in the bird-voiced treefrog Hyla avivoca

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-208

  Martínez Rivera, Carlos César ^a   Gerhardt, H Carl ^b  

^a Philadelphia Zoo   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Call overlap; Hyla avivoca; Male male competition; Mate choice; Pulse interdigitation

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FROG; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS;

ANURA; AVES; HYLA AVIVOCA;

EID: 56749105789     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0650-0     Document Type: Article

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