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Low frequency groans indicate larger and more dominant fallow deer (Dama dama) males.

PloS one - 3 Sept 2008

Vannoni Elisabetta, McElligott Alan G

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BACKGROUND: Models of honest advertisement predict that sexually selected calls should signal male quality. In most vertebrates, high quality males have larger body sizes that determine higher social status and in turn higher reproductive success. Previous research has emphasised the importance of vocal tract resonances or formant frequencies of calls as cues to body size in mammals. However, the role of the...

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PMID: 18769619
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003113
PMCID: PMC2518835

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