Heterospecific alarm call recognition in a non-vocal reptile

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 632-634

  Vitousek, Maren N ^a   Adelman, James S ^a   Gregory, Nathan C ^a   St Clair, James J H ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Eavesdropping; Heterospecific recognition; Marine iguanas

Indexed keywords

AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS; ANIMALIA; IGUANA; IGUANIA; IGUANIDAE; NESOMIMUS PARVULUS; REPTILIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HEARING; LIZARD; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); IGUANAS; PASSERIFORMES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 38449103882     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0443     Document Type: Article

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