Social partner discrimination based on sounds and scents in Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 275-279

  Lemasson, A ^a,b   Mikus, M A ^a   Blois Heulin, C ^a   Lode T ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Auditory discrimination; Individual acoustic variability; Mustelids; Olfactory discrimination; Playback; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MUSTELID; OLFACTORY CUE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; ODOR; OTTER; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FECES; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; OTTERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SMELL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AMBLONYX CINEREUS; ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LUTRINAE; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 84876288847     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1022-9     Document Type: Article

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