Communication in noisy environments II: Visual signaling behavior of male foot-flagging frogs staurois latopalmatus

Herpetologica

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-173

  Preininger, Doris ^a   Boeckle, Markus ^a   HÖdl, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anura; Bimodal signals; Foot flagging displays; Staurois latopalmatus; Visual ommunication

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FROG; MALE BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING; VISUAL CUE;

ANURA; STAUROIS LATOPALMATUS;

EID: 68849117660     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/08-037R.1     Document Type: Article

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