Vocal recognition of mothers by Australian sea lion pups: individual signature and environmental constraints

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1127-1134

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

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

acoustic communication; Australian sea lion; environmental constraint; individual recognition; maternal behaviour; Neophoca cinerea; pinniped

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PINNIPED; RECOGNITION; SUCKLING; VOCALIZATION;

NEOPHOCA CINEREA; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 70350189966     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.07.032     Document Type: Article

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