Flexibility in the species-typical songs of gibbons

Primates

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Haraway, Maury M ^a   Maples, Ernest G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gibbons; Reinforcement; Species typical behavior; Variability; Vocal behavior

Indexed keywords

GIBBON; VOCALIZATION;

HYLOBATES;

EID: 0031779499     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557739     Document Type: Article

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