Individual vocal traits of mother and pup fur seals

Bioacoustics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-143

  Page, Brad ^a   Goldsworthy, Simon D ^a   Hindell, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus; Fur seal; Individual recognition; Vocalisation

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; KIN RECOGNITION; PINNIPED; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS FORSTERI; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; GAZELLA; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0036906307     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2002.9753491     Document Type: Article

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