The Role of Bioacoustic Signals in Koala Sexual Selection: Insights from Seasonal Patterns of Associations Revealed with GPS-Proximity Units.

Despite being a charismatic and well-known species, the social system of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus--the only extant member of the family Phascolarctidae) is poorly known and much of the koala's sociality and mating behaviors remain un-quantified. We evaluated these using proximity loggi...

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Main Authors: William Ellis, Sean FitzGibbon, Geoff Pye, Bill Whipple, Ben Barth, Stephen Johnston, Jenny Seddon, Alistair Melzer, Damien Higgins, Fred Bercovitch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4496073?pdf=render