Differences in alarm vocalizations of sympatric populations of the whistling rats, Parotomys brantsii and P. littledalei (Rodentia: Muridae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 189-194

  Le Roux, A ^a   Jackson, T P ^b   Cherry, M I ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acoustic adaptation hypothesis; Arid; Convergent evolution; Parotomys; Species recognition; Whistling rat

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; CONVERGENCE; RODENT; SYMPATRY; VOCALIZATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

MURIDAE; PAROTOMYS BRANTSII; PAROTOMYS LITTLEDALEI; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036282093     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902000791     Document Type: Article

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