Interspecific attraction to the mobbing calls of black-capped chickadees (Parus atricapillus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 287-292

  Hurd, Christine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Call; Chickadee; Defense; Interspecific; Mobbing

Indexed keywords

BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE; MOBBING; VOCALIZATION;

PARUS ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 0030418328     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050244     Document Type: Article

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