Variation in the Meaning of Alarm Calls in Verreaux's and Coquerel's Sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi, P. coquereli)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 346-361

  Fichtel, Claudia ^a   Kappeler, Peter M ^b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alarm calls; Lemurs; Propithecus; Social learning; Traditions

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; LEARNING; PREDATION; PRIMATE; RAPTOR;

ANIMALIA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS COQUERELI; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI; RAPTORES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 79952244196     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9472-9     Document Type: Article

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