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

• William Ellis ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: William Ellis, Sean FitzGibbon, Geoff Pye, Fred Bercovitch

  * E-mail: w.ellis@uq.edu.au

  Affiliation School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia

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• Sean FitzGibbon ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: William Ellis, Sean FitzGibbon, Geoff Pye, Fred Bercovitch

  Affiliation School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia

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• Geoff Pye ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: William Ellis, Sean FitzGibbon, Geoff Pye, Fred Bercovitch

  Affiliation San Diego Zoo Global, P.O. Box 120551, San Diego, California 92112–0551, United States of America

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• Bill Whipple ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation San Diego Zoo Global, P.O. Box 120551, San Diego, California 92112–0551, United States of America

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• Ben Barth ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia

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• Stephen Johnston ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia

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• Jenny Seddon ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia

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• Alistair Melzer ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation CQUniversity, Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland, School of Medical and Applied Sciences, Rockhampton, Queensland, 4702, Australia

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• Damien Higgins ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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• Fred Bercovitch

  Contributed equally to this work with: William Ellis, Sean FitzGibbon, Geoff Pye, Fred Bercovitch

  Affiliation Kyoto University Primate Research Institute & Wildlife Research Center, 41–2 Kanrin, Aichi, Inuyama, 484–8506 Japan

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