An experimental test of noise-dependent voice amplitude regulation in Cope's grey treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 509-515

  Love, Elliot K ^a   Bee, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Frog; Gray treefrog; Lombard effect; Noise

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FROG; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NOISE; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANURA; AVES; HYLA; HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS; HYLA VERSICOLOR; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955582730     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.05.031     Document Type: Article

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