North American elk bugle vocalizations: Male and female bugle call structure and context

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1072-1077

  Feighny, J A ^a   Williamson, K E ^a   Clarke, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bugle call; Cervus elaphus; Communication; Motivation structural rules; North American elk; Wapiti

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOACOUSTICS; DEER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

AJUGA REPTANS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 33846036884     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-079R2.1     Document Type: Review

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