Oestrous red deer hinds prefer male roars with higher fundamental frequencies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1695, 2010, Pages 2747-2753

  Reby, David ^a   Charlton, Benjamin D ^a   Locatelli, Yann ^b   McComb, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Female mating preferences; Fundamental frequency; Red deer; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

DEER; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; VOCALIZATION;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956911301     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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