Delayed onset of vocal recognition in Australian sea lion pups (Neophoca cinerea)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 901-909

  Pitcher, Benjamin J ^a,b,c   Ahonen, Heidi ^a   Harcourt, Robert G ^a   Charrier, Isabelle ^b,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Australian sea lion; Ontogeny; Parent offspring communication; Pinniped; Vocal recognition

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; MATERNAL CARE; ONTOGENY; PINNIPED; RECOGNITION; SITE FIDELITY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUB; FEMALE; MOTHER; NEOPHOCA CINEREA; NONHUMAN; SEAL; VOICE;

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEA LIONS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

NEOPHOCA CINEREA; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 68349086919     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0546-5     Document Type: Article

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