Title
SOUND COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN AN AMAZONIAN RIVER TURTLE (PODOCNEMIS EXPANSA)
Author(s)
CAMILA RUDGE FERRARA, RICHARD C. VOGT, RENATA S. SOUSA-LIMA, BRUNO M.R. TARDIO, AND VIRGINIA CAMPOS DINIZ BERNARDES
Published
2014
Publisher
Herpetologica, 70(2), 2014, 149–156
Abstract
The objective of this study is to document the sounds produced by Giant South American River Turtle, Podocnemis expansa, during the nesting period, and identify how acoustic mechanisms might facilitate social behavior and group aggregation during this period.
Keywords
Giant South American River Turtle; Migration; Nesting; Underwater vocalizations
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