Do yellow-bellied marmots respond to predator vocalizations?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 457-468

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a   Cooley, Louise ^b   Winternitz, Jamie ^a   Daniel, Janice C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic predator recognition; Predation risk assessment; Yellow bellied marmots

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; CANID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; RECOGNITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOCALIZATION;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; AVES; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; MARMOTA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 37349003823     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0473-4     Document Type: Article

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