Safe selfish sentinels in a cooperative bird

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1070-1079

  Wright, J ^a   Berg, E ^a,b   de Kort, S R ^a,c   Khazin, V ^a,d   Maklakov, A A ^a,d  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anti predator behaviour; Arabian babbler; Group living; State dependent; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVIFAUNA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; VIGILANCE;

TURDOIDES SQUAMICEPS;

EID: 0035206625     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8790.2001.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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