Orangutan long call degradation and individuality over distance: A playback approach

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 615-625

  Lameira, Adriano R ^a   Wich, Serge A ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Great Ape Trust of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii; Sound distortion; Vocal discrimination; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; PLAY; PRIMATE; RECOGNITION; SOUND PROPAGATION; VOCALIZATION;

PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 45449087249     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9253-x     Document Type: Article

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