Ecological determinants of vocalisation parameters: The case of the coruro spalacopus cyanus (octodontidae), a fossorial social rodent

Bioacoustics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-148

  Veitl, Silke ^a   Begall, Sabine ^a   Burda, Hynek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Alarm call; Spalacopus; Subterranean rodent; Vocalisations

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; COMMUNICATION; RODENT; VOCALIZATION;

CHILE;

EID: 0034524523     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2000.9753455     Document Type: Article

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