Context-dependent plasticity of aggressive signalling in a dynamic social environment

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 915-924

  Humfeld, Sarah C ^a   Marshall, Vincent T ^a   Bee, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic communication; aggression; chorus; habituation; plasticity; Pseudacris crucifer; social environment; specificity; spring peeper

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FROG; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANURA; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER;

EID: 70349184608     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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