Roaring function in male goitered gazelles

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 152-159

  Blank, D A ^a,b   Ruckstuhl, K ^c   Yang, W ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b Institute of Zoology Almaty Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggressive displays; Courting behavior; Goitered gazelle; Male vocalization; Rutting roaring

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COURTSHIP; MALE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; VOCALIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANTELOPE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; GAZELLE; GOITER; HYPERTROPHIC LARYNX; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MATING; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; REPRODUCTION; ROARING FUNCTION; VELOCITY; VOCALIZATION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; COURTSHIP; MALE; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84902978916     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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