Antipredator behavior of a social desert rodent: Footdrumming and alarm calling in the great gerbil, Rhombomys opiums

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 110-118

  Randall, Jan A ^a   Rogovin, Konstantin A ^b   Shier, Debra M ^a,c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm calling; Footdrumming; Mates; Predator; Relatives; Social gerbil

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; RODENT; VOCALIZATION;

RHOMBOMYS OPIUMS;

EID: 0033894912     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650000199     Document Type: Article

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