Multisensory signals trigger approach behaviour in the fire-bellied toad Bombina orientalis: Sex differences and call specificity

Zoology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 369-377

  Zeyl, Jeffrey N ^a,b   Laberge, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Multimodal signalling; Phonotaxis; Social behaviour; Video playback

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; HIBERNATION; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BOMBINA BOMBINA; BOMBINA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 80955148847     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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