Inter- and intraspecific variation in the acoustic habitats of three marmot species

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 325-338

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a   Daniel, Janice C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ALARM CALL; ALPINE MARMOT; GOLDEN MARMOT; VOCALIZATION; YELLOW-BELLIED MARMOT;

MARMOTA CAUDATA AUREA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; MARMOTA MARMOTA;

EID: 0030617121     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00022.x     Document Type: Article

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