A mutual understanding? Interspecific responses by birds to each other's aerial alarm calls

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 944-951

  Magrath, Robert D ^a   Pitcher, Benjamin J ^a   Gardner, Janet L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Aerial alarm calls; Interspecific communication; Passerines; Predation

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PASSERINE;

AVES; MALURUS CYANEUS; SERICORNIS FRONTALIS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 34548454871     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm063     Document Type: Article

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