The influence of surface atmospheric conditions on the range and area reached by animal vocalization

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 421-431

  Larom, David ^a,e   Garstang, Michael ^a   Payne, Katharine ^b   Raspet, Richard ^c   Lindeque, Malan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active space; Animal communication; Bioacoustics; Calling area; Calling range; Elephants; Infrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELEPHANT; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELEPHANTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; CANIDAE; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031078412     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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