The use of Zipf's law in animal communication analysis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Suzuki, Ryuji ^a   Buck, John R ^b   Tyack, Peter L ^c  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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CALLING BEHAVIOR; THEORY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 11144344512     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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