Contextual variation in chimpanzee pant hoots and its implications for referential communication

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 177-190

  Notman, Hugh ^a,b   Rendall, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROUP SIZE; PRIMATE;

AFRICA; BUDONGO FOREST; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; WORLD;

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 20544477732     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.08.024     Document Type: Article

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