The acoustic structure of wolf howls in some eastern tuscany (central italy) free ranging packs

Bioacoustics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-175

  Passilongo, D ^a   Buccianti, A ^a   Dessi Fulgheri, F ^a   Gazzola, A ^b   Zaccaroni, M ^a   Apollonio, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic structure; Canis lupus; Fundamental frequency; Mammal communication; Sonogram

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; CANID; COMMUNICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 77955407578     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2010.9753622     Document Type: Article

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