Quantitative acoustic analysis of the vocal repertoire of the crowned lemur

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-343

  Gamba, M ^a   Giacoma, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic structure; Discriminant analysis; Eulemur coronatus; Prosimian; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; EULEMUR CORONATUS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 38049120546     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2007.9522555     Document Type: Article

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