Low frequency groans indicate larger and more dominant fallow deer (Dama dama) males

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Vannoni, Elisabetta ^a   McElligott, Alan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DEER; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPECIES DOMINANCE; VOCALIZATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION;

DAMA DAMA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 52349098096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003113     Document Type: Article

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