Attention grabbing in red deer sexual calls

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-270

  Reby, David ^a   Charlton, Benjamin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Deterministic chaos; Dishabituation; Non linear phenomena; Red deer; Sexual communication; Vocal communication; Vocalisation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84857368084     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0451-0     Document Type: Article

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