Acoustic interference limits call detection in a Neotropical frog Hyla ebraccata.
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Problems1999 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviourassociated with communication in noisy environments include detection, discrimination, and localization of appropriate signals. I investigated the effects of broadband background noise on call detection by female Copyright 1999 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Animal behaviour
دوره 57 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999