A case of possible vocal convergence between frogs and a bird in Himalayan torrents

1984/11/01 by Alain Dubois, Jochen Martens · 2 voices · 89 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · Psychology · #Acoustics #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Biology #Biotope #Communication #Convergence (economics) #Ecology #Evolutionary biology #Habitat #Physics #Psychology #Sequence (biology) #Silence

paper · doi:10.1007/bf01640137

published in Journal für Ornithologie 125(4), 455-463 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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