Variation in and meaning of alarm calls in a social desert rodent Rhombomys opimus

Ethology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 513-527

  Randall, Jan A ^a   Rogovin, Konstantin A ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; PREDATOR; RODENT; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; GERBILLINAE; RHOMBOMYS OPIMUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036281784     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2002.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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