Take time to smell the frogs: Vocal sac glands of reed frogs (Anura: Hyperoliidae) contain species-specific chemical cocktails

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 828-838

  Starnberger, Iris ^a   Poth, Dennis ^b   Peram, Pardha Saradhi ^b   Schulz, Stefan ^b   Vences, Miguel ^b   Knudsen, Jette ^c   Barej, Michael F ^d   Rödel, Mark Oliver ^d   Walzl, Manfred ^a   Hödl, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afrixalus; Amphibia; Chemical communication; Gular gland anatomy; Heterixalus; Histology; Hyperolius; Pheromones; Phlyctimantis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CHEMICAL CUE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FROG; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HISTOLOGY; MATE CHOICE; PHEROMONE; SYMPATRY;

AFRIXALUS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HETERIXALUS; HYPEROLIIDAE; HYPEROLIUS; PHLYCTIMANTIS;

EID: 84888040382     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12167     Document Type: Article

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