Antelope, calling through the nose: Structure of sounds and effect of sexual selection on the vocal behavior of the saiga (saiga tatarica)

Zoologicheskii Zhurnal

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-124

  Volodin, I A ^a   Volodina, E V ^b   Efremova, K O ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Moscow Zoo   (Russian Federation)

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