Acoustic territorial signalling in a small, socially monogamous canid

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 905-912

  Darden, Safi K ^a   Dabelsteen, Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

acoustic playback; Canidae; communication; swift fox; territoriality; vocalizations; Vulpes velox

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; CANID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOME RANGE; SIGNALING; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 39449133723     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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