Are communication activities shaped by environmental constraints in reverberating and absorbing forest habitats?

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-263

  Mathevon, Nicolas ^a,b   Aubin, Thierry ^a,b   Dabelsteen, Torben ^c   Vielliard, Jacques M E ^d,e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e Academia Brasileira de Ciencias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Environmental constraints; Evolution of communication; Propagation induced modifications

Indexed keywords

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EID: 3042613136     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652004000200011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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