Variation of acoustic courtship signals in insects and amphibians: No evidence for bimodality, but identical dependence on duration

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-140

  Reinhold, Klaus ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; COURTSHIP; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FROG; INSECT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POWER LAW; SELECTION; SIGNAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 58449118624     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01587.x     Document Type: Article

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