Galeotti, Paolo; Sacchi, Roberto; Rosa, Daniele Pellitteri - In: Behavioral Ecology 16 (2005) 1, pp. 301-308
The courtship and mounting behavior of promiscuous tortoises is based on a multiple signaling system that includes visual, olfactory, tactile, and acoustic signals. Vocalizations related to mounting seem to be particularly intriguing because tortoises vocalize mainly at this time. Vocalizations...