Food-associated calling sequences in bonobos

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1387-1396

  Clay, Zanna ^a   Zuberbühler, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bonobo; call sequence; food associated call; Pan paniscus; primate vocal communication

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMINID; VOCALIZATION;

HOMINIDAE; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 67349106395     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.016     Document Type: Article

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