Sound on the rebound: Bringing form and function back to the forefront in understanding nonhuman primate vocal signaling

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 58-71

  Owren, Michael J ^a   Rendall, Drew ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic primatology; Affect induction; Calls; Direct acoustic effects; Learned affect; Meaning

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0035532598     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.1014     Document Type: Article

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