Vocal communication in social groups

Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 29-54

  Fichtel, Claudia ^a   Manser, Marta ^b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02624-9_2     Document Type: Chapter

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