Socially mediated plasticity in call timing in the gray tree frog, Hyla versicolor

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 393-401

  Reichert, Michael S ^a,b   Gerhardt, H Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive signal; Anuran; Call timing; Competition; Overlap

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FROG; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; MATE ATTRACTION; SIGNAL;

ANURA; HYLA; HYLA VERSICOLOR; HYLIDAE;

EID: 84876132677     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars176     Document Type: Article

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