Alarm calls of wintering great tits Parus major: Warning of mate, reciprocal altruism or a message to the predator?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-136

  Krams, Indrikis ^a   Krama, Tatjana ^b   Igaune, Kristine ^a  

^a DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ALTRUISM; PASSERINE; PREDATOR; WARNING SYSTEM;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 33644824936     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2006.03632.x     Document Type: Article

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