Functional morphology of Richardson's ground squirrel, Spermophilus richardsonii, alarm calls: The meaning of chirps, whistles and chucks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 937-944

  Sloan, Jennifer L ^a   Wilson, David R ^a   Hare, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; VIGILANCE;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII;

EID: 26244449660     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.01.013     Document Type: Article

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