Barclay, Robert M. R.

1 publication

Anderson, Paul K.; Barclay, Robert M. R. (detail)
1995Acoustic signals of solitary dugongs: physical characteristics and behavioral correlates.
Jour. Mamm. 76(4): 1226-1237. 1 tab. 4 figs. Dec. 4, 1995.
—Describes vocalizations of at least nine presumably male Shark Bay dugongs, and associated behaviors: chirp-squeaks during rooting and patrolling (possibly for ranging or advertising occupancy of territory); barks and prebarks during ?territorial defense; and trills and pretrills during ?displays (possibly as intersexual signals).