Monotony and the Information Content of Richardson's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) Repeated calls: Tonic Communication or Signal Certainty?

Ethology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-156

  Sloan, Jennifer L ^a   Hare, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; COMMUNICATION; RODENT; VIGILANCE; VOCALIZATION;

RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII;

EID: 1542288957     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2003.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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