Communication in frogs and toads

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1159-1166

  Ryan, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertisement calls; Animal communication; Anurans; Auditory system; Eavesdroppers; Evolution; Frogs; Multimodal communication; Receiver; Reproductive behavior; Sexual selection; Signal; Species recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450259912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01840-4     Document Type: Chapter

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