Vocal signature recognition of mothers by fur seal pups

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 543-550

  Charrier, Isabelle ^a,b,c   Mathevon, Nicolas ^a   Jouventin, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PINNIPED; RECOGNITION; VOCALIZATION;

ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0037800465     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2073     Document Type: Article

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