Does learning affect the structure of vocalizations in chimpanzees?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 825-830

  Marshall, Andrew J ^a   Wrangham, Richard W ^a   Arcadi, Adam Clark ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PRIMATE; VOCALIZATION;

LION COUNTRY SAFARI; NORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PANTHERA LEO; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0032829910     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1219     Document Type: Article

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