The appropriate use of Zipf's law in animal communication studies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  McCowan, B ^a   Doyle, L R ^b   Jenkins, J M ^b   Hanser, S F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; THEORY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 11144347713     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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