Characteristics of bornean frog (Genus: Hylarana) calls from the Sarawak population, Malaysia;Ciri-ciri Panggilan Katak Borneo (Genus: Hylarana) daripada Populasi Sarawak, Malaysia

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 619-624

  Zainudin, Ramlah ^a   Rahman, Mustafa Abdul ^b   Mohd Zain, Badrul Munir ^a   Nor, Shukor M D ^a   Ahmad, Norhayati ^a   Inger, Robert F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bornean hylarana; Calling frequency; Characteristic of frog calls; Duration of call; Rate of repeated call

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350774209     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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