Rat ultrasonic vocalization: Short-range communication

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue C, 2010, Pages 69-76

  Brudzynski, Stefan M ^a   Fletcher, Neville H ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

alarm calls; conspecific communication; defensive adaptation; evolution of ultrasound calls; rat; rodents; ultrasonic vocalization; whistle mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016324491     PISSN: 15697339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374593-4.00008-5     Document Type: Chapter

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