Red squirrels, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, produce predator-class specific alarm calls

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 511-518

  Greene, Erick ^a   Meagher, Tom ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Owatonna Senior High School

^c Owatonna Senior High School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM CALL; RED SQUIRREL; VOCALIZATION;

TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 0031898890     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0620     Document Type: Article

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