Complexity Increases Working Memory for Mating Signals

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 502-505

  Akre, Karin L ^a   Ryan, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANURA; PHYSALAEMUS PUSTULOSUS;

EID: 77949657186     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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