Ultrasonic communication in Gliridae (Rodentia): the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) as a case study

@article{Ancillotto2014UltrasonicCI,  title={Ultrasonic communication in Gliridae (Rodentia): the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) as a case study},  author={Leonardo Ancillotto and Giulia Sozio and Alessio Mortelliti and Danilo Russo},  journal={Bioacoustics},  year={2014},  volume={23},  pages={129 - 141},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:84012458}}
The vocal repertoire in M. avellanarius was associated with social behaviours, e.g. mother–infant reunion, isolation and paired opposite-sex courtship, so it is inferred that this repertoire constitutes a medium-distance communication system.

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