Bioacoustics of southern elephant seals. i. acoustic structure of male aggressive vocalisations

Bioacoustics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 259-285

  Sanvito, Simona ^a   Galimberti, Filippo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Elephant Seals Research Group Sea Lion Island   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Bioacoustics; Falkland Islands; Mirounga leonina; Southern elephant seal; Spectral analysis; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOACOUSTICS; MALE BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; VOCALIZATION;

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0033939818     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2000.9753438     Document Type: Article

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