The production and perception of long calls by cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus): Acoustic analyses and playback experiments

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 258-271

  Weiss, Daniel J ^a   Garibaldi, Brian T ^b   Hauser, Marc D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; HEARING; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SAGUINUS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 85047684593     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.115.3.258     Document Type: Article

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