Geographic variation in alarm calls of Gunnison's prairie dogs

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1265-1272

  Slobodchikoff, C N ^a   Ackers, S H ^a   Van Ert, M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm calls; Cynomys; Dialects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001056429     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383018     Document Type: Article

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