Underwater acoustic communication in the macrophagic carnivorous larvae of Ceratophrys ornata (Anura: Ceratophryidae)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-53

  Natale, Guillermo S ^a   Alcalde, Leandro ^b   Herrera, Raul ^c   Cajade, Rodrigo ^d   Schaefer, Eduardo F ^d   Marangoni, Federico ^d   Trudeau, Vance L ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Sección Herpetología   (Argentina)

^c Fundación Óga Guardias Nacionales N 19   (Argentina)

^d Centro de Ecologia Aplicada del Littoral   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anuran larvae; Ceratophrys ornata; Sound production

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; CANNIBALISM; CARNIVORE; CONSPECIFIC; FROG; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CERATOPHRYS ORNATA;

EID: 78650037759     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2009.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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