Seismic waves from elephant vocalizations: A possible communication mode?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Günther, Roland H ^a   O'Connell Rodwell, Caitlin E ^a   Klemperer, Simon L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; BIODIVERSITY; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SEISMIC WAVES;

ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION; RAYLEIGH WAVES;

GEOPHYSICS;

COMMUNICATION; ELEPHANT; SEISMIC WAVE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 4143128904     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019671     Document Type: Article

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