Acoustic communication in the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus maximus

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 825-852

  De Silva, Shermin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic signals; Asian elephant; Elephas maximus; Vocal communication; Vocal repertoire

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS MAXIMUS; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; LOXODONTA CYCLOTIS;

EID: 77952523892     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579510X495762     Document Type: Article

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