| An acoustic basis for maternal recognition in timber wolves (Canis lupus)? | |
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PMID: 7699177 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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An in-den recording system was used to monitor the vocalizations and behavior of adult wolves tending to a litter of pups during the first five postnatal weeks. Two female adults, one of them the mother, tended to the pups on nonoverlapping schedules. The distributions of the fundamental frequencies of the adults' squeak vocalizations were largely nonoverlapping, suggesting that this feature may be available as an acoustic cue to individual recognition. Squeaks emitted outside the den, and which were associated with pup exit responses, had fundamental frequencies wholly within the range of the mother's, raising the possibility that the pups used this as a cue for maternal recognition. |
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Authors:
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J A Goldman; D P Phillips; J C Fentress |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Volume: 97 ISSN: 0001-4966 ISO Abbreviation: J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Publication Date: 1995 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1995-05-04 Completed Date: 1995-05-04 Revised Date: 2006-12-27 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7503051 Medline TA: J Acoust Soc Am Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1970-3 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
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Acoustics* Animals Animals, Newborn Auditory Perception* Behavior, Animal Female Mothers* Vocalization, Animal* |
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