To bark or not to bark: Vocalizations by red foxes selected for tameness or aggressiveness toward humans

Bioacoustics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-132

  Gogoleva, S S ^a   Volodin, J A ^a,b   Volodina, E V ^b   Trut, L N ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Scientific Research Department   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Articulation; Canidae; Domestication; Nonlinear phenomena; Red fox; Vocal communication; Vocalization; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; CANID; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DOMESTICATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 58649121061     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2008.9753595     Document Type: Article

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