Acoustic niches of Siberut primates

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 601-613

  Schneider, Christina ^a   Hodges, Keith ^a   Fischer, Julia ^a   Hammerschmidt, Kurt ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication; Loud calls; Mentawai primates; Signal propagation

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; NICHE; PRIMATE; SIGNALING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SIBERUT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST SUMATRA;

HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES KLOSSII; MACACA; MACACA PAGENSIS; NASALIS CONCOLOR; PRESBYTIS POTENZIANI; PRIMATES; SUIDAE;

EID: 45449099702     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-007-9181-1     Document Type: Article

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