Transmission characteristics of primate vocalizations: Implications for acoustic analyses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Maciej, Peter ^a   Fischer, Julia ^a   Hammerschmidt, Kurt ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; RELIABILITY; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; PRIMATES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79960951663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023015     Document Type: Article

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