Acoustic cues to caller identity in lemurs: A case study

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 191-196

  Gamba, Marco ^a   Colombo, Camilla ^a   Giacoma, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Eulemur rubriventer; Formants; Vocal tract resonance; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

EULEMUR RUBRIVENTER; HAEMULIDAE; LEMURIDAE;

EID: 84855887619     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-011-0291-z     Document Type: Article

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