Vocalisations of the degu octodon degus, a social caviomorph rodent

Bioacoustics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-244

  Long, C V ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caviomorph species; Communication; Octodon degus; Vocal behaviour; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; RODENT; VOCALIZATION;

CAVIOMORPHA; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 39649110591     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2007.9753579     Document Type: Article

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