Habituation as a mechanism of reduced aggression between neighboring territorial male bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 68-82

  Bee, Mark A ^a   Gerhardt, H Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FROG; HABITUATION; MALE; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; RANA CATESBEIANA; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 85047684294     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.115.1.68     Document Type: Article

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