Social Behavior of Acris gryllus 1 1 



low male density at our study pond, since both behaviors have been 

 observed in dense populations of the closely related congener, Acris 

 crepitans, in Indiana (S. A. Perrill, pers. comm.). 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.— S. Simon and C. Boake provided 

 assistance and companionship in the field. This project was funded, in 

 part, by NSF Grant BNS 73 00795 to H. C. Gerhardt. 



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