Female preferences for socially variable call characters in the cricket frog, Acris crepitans

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1391-1399

  Kime, Nicole M ^a,b   Burmeister, Sabrina S ^a   Ryan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b EDGEWOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FROG; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ACRIS; ACRIS CREPITANS; ANURA; FEJERVARYA NICOBARIENSIS;

EID: 9944250970     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.01.020     Document Type: Article

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