Phonotactic approach pattern in the neotropical frog Allobates femoralis: A spatial and temporal analysis

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-170

  Ursprung, Eva ^a   Ringler, Max ^a   Hödl, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allobates femoralis; Amphibians; Dendrobatidae; Localisation; Phonotaxis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE; EPIPEDOBATES FEMORALIS; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 59649116699     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853909X410711     Document Type: Article

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