Hawk calls elicit alarm and defensive reactions in captive Geoffroy's marmosets (Callithrix geoffroyi)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 115-125

  Searcy, Yvonne M ^a   Caine, Nancy G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm reactions; Antipredator behavior; Auditory cues; Marmosets; Predator recognition; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MARMOSET; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPTOR; RECORDING; REVIEW; STARTLE REFLEX; VOCALIZATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAPTORS; STARTLE REACTION; TAPE RECORDING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ACCIPITRINAE; BUTEO; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX GEOFFROYI; CORVUS; CORVUS CORAX; MARMOSETS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0038340993     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070645     Document Type: Review

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