Social effects on vocal ontogeny in an ungulate, the goat, Capra hircus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 991-1000

  Briefer, Elodie F ^a   McElligott, Alan G ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Call convergence; Capra hircus; Goat; Mammal; Vocal communication; Vocal learning; Vocal plasticity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; GOAT; GROUP BEHAVIOR; KINSHIP; LEARNING; ONTOGENY; SIBLING; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; CAPRA HIRCUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84858753613     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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