Acoustic variability and individual distinctiveness in the vocal repertoire of red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-56

  Bouchet, Hélène ^a   Blois Heulin, Catherine ^a   Pellier, Anne Sophie ^a   Zuberbühler, Klaus ^b   Lemasson, Alban ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic variability; Call function; Individual identity; Nonhuman primate; Vocal repertoire

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOCEBUS; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CERCOCEBUS; FEMALE; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84863763706     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025018     Document Type: Article

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