Not just a pretty song: An overview of the vocal repertoire of Indri indri

Journal of Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue , 2010, Pages 151-165

  Maretti, Giovanna ^a   Sorrentino, Viviana ^a   Finomana, Andriamasitoly ^b   Gamba, Marco ^a   Giacoma, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Campus Universitaire d'Ambondrona   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Acoustic structure; Ambient noise; Strepsirhine primates; Vocal behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; REVIEW; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; STREPSIRHINI; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77953950776     PISSN: 18274765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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