Roaring High and Low: Composition and Possible Functions of the Iberian Stag's Vocal Repertoire

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Passilongo, Daniela ^a   Reby, David ^b   Carranza, Juan ^c   Apollonio, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY SIZE; CERVUS ELAPHUS HISPANICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MALE; NONHUMAN; PITCH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; STAG; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEER; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84877295736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063841     Document Type: Article

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