E-mail: cuijg@ cib. ac. cn; tangyz@ cib. ac. cn Received: 2 Aug 2011 Accepted: 17
September 2011 concentrated in one or more periods in a twenty-fourhour cycle (Greenfield …

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Vocal Communication plays a crucial role in survival and reproductive success in most
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must be able to distinguish vocalizations from nonvocal sounds as well as to identify …

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The effective production of acoustic signals is critically important for intraspecific
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