Effect of sex and age on structural features of nasal calls and body size in fawns of the goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa (Artiodactyla, Bovidae)

Biology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 735-746

  Efremova, K O ^a   Volodin, I A ^a,b   Volodina, E V ^b   Frey, R ^c   Soldatova, N V ^d   Lapshina, E N ^a   Makarov, I S ^e   Gorbunov, K S ^e  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Moscow Zoo   (Russian Federation)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Dzheiran Ecologiical Breeding Center   (Uzbekistan)

^e INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

goitered gazelle; nasal calls; ontogeny; sexual dimorphism; vocal apparatus

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; GAZELLA SUBGUTTUROSA; UNGULATA;

EID: 81255207028     PISSN: 10623590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1062359011070028     Document Type: Article

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