Large odorous frogs (Odorrana graminea) produce ultrasonic calls

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1027-1030

  Shen, Jun Xian ^a   Xu, Zhi Min ^a   Feng, Albert S ^b   Narins, Peter M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran; Hearing; O. livida; Tympanum; Ultrasonic detection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FROG; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; MALE; ODORS; RANIDAE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 80052933858     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0660-7     Document Type: Article

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