Honest lovers? Fallow buck groans reveal their status and size during the rut
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 01:42
in Biology & Nature
It is known that the phonic structure of calls produced by males during the breeding season may signal quality-related characteristics in many different types of animals. Previous research on mammals has mainly focussed on the relationship between the acoustic components of vocalizations and one aspect of male quality: body size.