Vocal repertoire of the social giant otter

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2861-2875

  Leuchtenberger, Caroline ^a,e   Sousa Lima, Renata ^b,f   Duplaix, Nicole ^c   Magnusson, William E ^d   Mourão, Guilherme ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e Science and Technology) Farroupilha   (Brazil)

^f Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOCAL REPERTOIRE;

ACOUSTICS; AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; OTTER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; AGE FACTORS; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OTTERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84908577291     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4896518     Document Type: Article

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