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Charif R. A., R. R. Ramey, W. R. Langbauer, K. B. Payne, R. B. Martin, L. M. Brown. 2005.
Spatial relationships and matrilineal kinship in Africa savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) clans. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57: 327-328.

Payne, K., Thompson, M., and Kramer, L. 2003.
Elephant calling patterns as indicators of group size and composition: The basis for an acoustic monitoring system. African Journal of Ecology 41(1): 99-107.

Payne, K. 2003.
Sources of social complexity in the three elephant species. In P. Tyack and F. De Waal (Eds.), Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies. Cambridge UniversityPress: 57-85.

Payne, K. 2001.
Communicating over long distances. In D. MacDonald (Ed.), The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Larom, D., Garstang, M., Payne, K. Raspet, R., and Lindeque, M. 1997.
The influence of surface atmospheric conditions on the range and area reached by animal vocalizations. Journal of Experimental Biology 200: 421-431.

Weilgart, L., Whitehead, H., and Payne, K. 1996.
A colossal convergence. American Scientist, May/June: 278-287.

Payne, K. and Langbauer, Jr., W.R. 1992.
Elephant communication. In J. Shoshani (Ed.), Elephants: Majestic Creatures of the Wild. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, pp. 116-123.

Langbauer, Jr., W. R., Payne, K., Charif, R., Rapaport, E., and Osborn, F. 1991.
African elephants respond to distant playbacks of lowfrequency conspecific calls. Journal of Experimental Biology 157: 35-46.

Langbauer, W.R., Jr., Payne, K., Charif, R. and Thomas, E. 1989.
Responses of captive African elephants to playbacks of low-frequency calls. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67: 2604-2607.
 
Poole, J., Payne, K., Langbauer, Jr., W. R., and Moss, C. 1988.
The social contexts of some very low-frequency calls of African elephants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 22: 385-392.

Payne, K., Langbauer, Jr., W. R., and Thomas, E. 1986.
Infrasonic calls of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 18: 297-301.