Perception of male caller identity in koalas (phascolarctos cinereus): Acoustic analysis and playback experiments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Charlton, Benjamin D ^a   Ellis, William A H ^b   McKinnon, Allan J ^c   Brumm, Jacqui ^d   Nilsson, Karen ^d   Fitch, W Tecumseh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^d Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; KOALA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HABITUATION; HEARING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUND DETECTION;

MAMMALIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 79957502930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020329     Document Type: Article

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