Hiss and snort call types of wild-living giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis: acoustic structure and context

Hiss and snort call types of wild-living giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis: acoustic structure and context

Abstract Objectives Vocalization as part of vigilance behaviour is widespread across animal taxa, including ruminants. Calls of wild-living giraffes have never been recorded and spectrographically investigated. This study reports the acoustic structure of vigilance-related hiss and snort calls of wi...

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Main Authors: Elena V. Volodina, Ilya A. Volodin, Elena V. Chelysheva, Roland Frey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Mammal
Acoustic communication
Vocalization
Emotional arousal
Giraffe
Hiss
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-3103-x

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