Individuals in foraging groups may use vocal cues when assessing their need for anti-predator vigilance

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-252

  Radford, Andrew N ^a   Ridley, Amanda R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anti predator vigilance; Close calling; Social foraging; Social monitoring; Vocal communication; Vocal cues

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIRD; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURDOIDES BICOLOR; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; VOCALIZATION;

TIMALIIDAE; TURDOIDES BICOLOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; PASSERIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 37349037027     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0110     Document Type: Article

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