Sex differences in the song of Indri indri

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 539-551

  Giacoma, Cristina ^a   Sorrentino, Viviana ^a   Rabarivola, Clement ^b   Gamba, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Campus Universitaire d'Ambondrona   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Fundamental frequency; Loud calls; Sexual dimorphism; Strepsirrhine; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CONSPECIFIC; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SONG; TERRITORIALITY;

INDRI; INDRI INDRI; PRIMATES;

EID: 77954030672     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9412-8     Document Type: Article

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