How long do females really listen? Assessment time for female mate choice in the grey treefrog, Hyla versicolor

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 533-540

  Schwartz, Joshua J ^a   Huth, Kenneth ^a   Hutchin, Timothy ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FROG; MATE CHOICE; VOCALIZATION;

ANURA; HYLA; HYLA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 7944238746     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.09.016     Document Type: Article

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