Review: Estimating the distance to a source of sound: Mechanisms and adaptations for long-range communication

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 825-837

  Naguib, Marc ^a   Wiley, R Haven ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADAPTATION; SIGNAL; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035658905     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1860     Document Type: Review

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