Alarm signals of the great gerbil: Acoustic variation by predator context, sex, age, individual, and family group

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2706-2714

  Randall, Jan A ^a   McCowan, Brenda ^b   Collins, Kellie C ^a   Hooper, Stacie L ^b   Rogovin, Konstantin ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALARM SIGNALS; PREDATORS; TACTICS; VIBRATIONAL SIGNALS;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALARM CALL; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOG; FAMILIA; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT DRUMMING; GERBIL; GREAT GERBIL; HUMAN; HUNTING DOG; LEG MOVEMENT; LIZARD; MALE; MONITOR LIZARD; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBOMYS OPINUS; RHYTHMIC CALL; SEX; STRESS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIBRATION; VOCALIZATION; ADULT; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; RECORDING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WILD ANIMAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DOGS; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; LIZARDS; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TAPE RECORDING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 26844433009     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2031973     Document Type: Article

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