Colour, size and movement as visual subcomponents in multimodal communication by the frog Allobates femoralis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 739-745

  de Luna, Ana Gabriela ^a   Hödl, Walter ^b   Amézquita, Adolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allobates femoralis; body coloration; multimodal communication; playback; visual cue

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CONSPECIFIC; FROG; VISUAL CUE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; EPIPEDOBATES FEMORALIS;

EID: 76449111325     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.031     Document Type: Article

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