Adaptive differences in response to two types of parental alarm call in altricial nestlings

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1568, 2005, Pages 1101-1106

  Platzen, Dirk ^a   Magrath, Robert D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age dependent risk; Alarm calls; Nestling vocalization; Non begging vocalization; Predation; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PREDATION RISK; VOCALIZATION;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HUMAN; NESTLING; PARENTAL ALARM CALL; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERICORNIS FRONTALIS; VERTEBRATE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; SERICORNIS FRONTALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 22544468875     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3055     Document Type: Article

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