Alarm calling in three species of marmots

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 731-757

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0033449115     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999501540     Document Type: Article

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