Acoustic features contributing to the individuality of wild agile gibbon (Hylobates agilis agilis) songs

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 777-790

  Oyakawa, Chisako ^a,b   Koda, Hiroki ^a   Sugiura, Hideki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic individuality; Hylobates agilis agilis; Principal component analysis; Song; Variance component

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SONG;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYLOBATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST SUMATRA;

HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES AGILIS;

EID: 34547112265     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20390     Document Type: Article

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