Potential for the use of vocal individuality as a conservation research tool in two threatened Philippine hornbill species, the Visayan Hornbill and the Rufous-headed Hornbill

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-97

  Policht, Richard ^a,b   Petrů, Milada ^b   Lastimoza, Lucia ^c   Suarez, Leo ^d  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^d Negros Forests and Ecological Foundation Inc   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; BIRD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VOCALIZATION;

ACEROS WALDENI; PENELOPIDES PANINI;

EID: 67749094911     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270908008228     Document Type: Article

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