Classification of african elephant loxodonta africana rumbles using acoustic parameters and cluster analysis

Bioacoustics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-161

  Wood, Jason D ^a   McCowan, Brenda ^b   Langbauer, William R ^c   Viljoen, Jozua J ^d   Hart, Lynette A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Pittsburgh Zoo   (United States)

^d TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; African elephant; Call categorization; Cluster analysis; Loxodonta africana

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; ELEPHANT; GROUP BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 29244452943     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2005.9753544     Document Type: Article

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