Effect of anomalous pulse timing on call discrimination by females of the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor): Behavioral correlates of neurobiology

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2066-2072

  Schwartz, Joshua J ^a   Huth, Kenneth ^b   Hunce, Raymond ^a   Lentine, Brandon ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran; Auditory system; Communication; Gray treefrog; Pulse timing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANURA; HYLA; HYLA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 77953066771     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.043372     Document Type: Article

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