Building a home from foam-túngara frog foam nest architecture and three-phase construction process

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-296

  Dalgetty, Laura ^a   Kennedy, Malcolm W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Engystomops pustulosus; Foam nest; Nest construction behaviour; T ngara frog

Indexed keywords

EGG; FOAM; FROG; HOMING BEHAVIOR; NEST STRUCTURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PHYSALAEMUS PUSTULOSUS;

EID: 77954132037     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0934     Document Type: Article

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