Acoustic communication in a king penguin colony: Importance of bird location within the colony and of the body position of the listener

Polar Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 262-268

  Lengagne, Thierry ^a   Aubin, Thierry ^a   Jouventin, Pierre ^b   Lauga, Jacques ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032922118     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050361     Document Type: Article

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