Dynamic changes in alarm call structure: A strategy for reducing conspicuousness to avian predators?

Behaviour

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353-369

  Bayly, Karen L ^a   Evans, Christopher S ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0037785279     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853903321826675     Document Type: Article

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