Gender, age, and identity in the isolation calls of Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus)

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-122

  Sousa Lima, Renata S ^a,d   Paglia, Adriano P ^b,d   da Fonseca, Gustavo A B ^c,d  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b Conservation International doBrasil ^*  (Brazil)

^c Global Environment Facility   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age differences; Calls; Communication; Gender differences; Manatee; Sirenia; Sounds; Trichechus manatus manatus; Vocal identity; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

AGE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENDER; SIRENIAN; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; SIRENIA; TRICHECHUS INUNGUIS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS MANATUS;

EID: 54149099172     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.34.1.2008.109     Document Type: Article

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