An introduction to multimodal communication

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1381-1388

  Higham, James P ^a   Hebets, Eileen A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal signals; Multimodal communication; Receiver sensory perception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; RESEARCH; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARANEAE; AVES; PRIMATES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84883820657     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1590-x     Document Type: Article

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