A method for identifying sounds used in the classification of alarm calls

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-98

  Placer, J ^a   Slobodchikoff, C N ^a  

^a Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Alarm calls; Automatic signal classification; Prairie dogs; Predator categorization

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BIOACOUSTICS; CANID; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PREDATOR; VOCALIZATION;

ACCURACY; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; VOCALIZATION; VOWEL;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ECHOLOCATION; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS;

EID: 2942566181     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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