Sensory ecology of prey rustling sounds: Acoustical features and their classification by wild Grey Mouse Lemurs

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-153

  Goerlitz, H R ^a,b   Siemers, B M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foraging; Prey choice; Prey selection; Primates; Size selection

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BODY MASS; DECISION MAKING; INSECT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY LOCATION; PRIMATE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIZE SELECTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33846207835     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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