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Pure Ultrasonic Communication in an Endemic Bornean Frog

Huia cavitympanum, an endemic Bornean frog, is the first amphibian species known to emit exclusively ultrasonic (i.e., >20 kHz) vocal signals. To test the hypothesis that these frogs use purely ultrasonic vocalizations for intraspecific communication, we performed playback experiments with male f...

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Autores principales: Arch, Victoria S., Grafe, T. Ulmar, Gridi-Papp, Marcos, Narins, Peter M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19401782
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005413