Pyow but not hack calls of the male putty-nosed monkey (Cercopithcus nictitans) convey information about caller identity

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 871-888

  Price, Tabitha ^a   Arnold, Kate ^b   Zuberbühler, Klaus ^b   Semple, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic analysis; Caller identity; Cercopithecus; Individual differences; Vocalisations

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS;

EID: 68049108094     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908X396610     Document Type: Article

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