Multiple acoustic features underlie vocal signal recognition in tamarins: Antiphonal calling experiments

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-19

  Miller, C T ^a,b   Hauser, M D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiphonal calling; Cotton top tamarins; Vocal signal recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SAGUINUS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 1842560327     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0468-1     Document Type: Article

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