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Male African elephants discriminate and prefer vocalizations of unfamiliar females

Gaining information about conspecifics via long-distance vocalizations is crucial for social and spatially flexible species such as the African elephant (Loxodonta africana). Female elephants are known to discriminate individuals and kin based on acoustic cues. Specifically, females approached the l...

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Autores principales: Stoeger, Angela S., Baotic, Anton
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5395942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28422091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep46414