Acoustic signals of baby black caimans

Zoology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 313-320

  Vergne, Amélie L ^a,b   Aubin, Thierry ^b,c   Taylor, Peter ^d   Mathevon, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d The Caiman House Field Station   (Guyana)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Archosaurs; Crocodiles; Mother offspring communication

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ALLIGATOR; ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; CAIMAN; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); MELANOSUCHUS NIGER;

EID: 80955145832     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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