Asymmetries in the individual distinctiveness and maternal recognition of infant contact calls and distress screams in baboons

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1792-1805

  Rendall, Drew ^a   Notman, Hugh ^b   Owren, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; CALL DIFFERENTIATIONS; CALL TYPES; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; GROUP MEMBERS; KEY COMPONENTS; NON-HUMAN PRIMATES; SOCIAL IDENTITIES; SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PAPIO; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 62249222139     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3068453     Document Type: Article

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