Distress call in six species of african poicephalus parrots

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-68

  Venuto, V ^a   Ferraiuolo, V ^a   Bottoni, L ^a   Massa, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

African parrots; Distress call; High frequency utterances; Vocal dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; BIRD; VOCALIZATION;

POICEPHALUS;

EID: 0035114087     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2001.9522787     Document Type: Article

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