Acoustic recognition in macaroni penguins: An original signature system

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 615-625

  Searby, Amanda ^a   Jouventin, Pierre ^a   Aubin, Thierry ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; RECOGNITION; SEABIRD; SIGNAL; VOCALIZATION;

APTENODYTES; AVES; CHRYSOLOPHUS; EUDYPTES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOLOPHUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PYGOSCELIS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 1842579325     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.03.012     Document Type: Article

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