Vocal repertoire, individual acoustic distinctiveness, and social networks in a group of captive Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinerea)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 128-139

  Lemasson, Alban ^a,b   Mikus, Marie Ana ^a   Blois Heulin, Catherine ^a   Lodé, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Aonyx cinerea; Asian small clawed otter; Mustelid; otter; Social network; Vocal repertoire; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; MUSTELID; OLFACTORY CUE; SOCIAL NETWORK; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 84896891386     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-313.1     Document Type: Article

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