The information banded mongooses extract from heterospecific alarms

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 897-904

  Müller, Corsin A ^a   Manser, Marta B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

antipredator behaviour; banded mongoose; Herpestidae; heterospecific alarming; Mungos mungo; playback; urgency level; vigilance

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; AVOIDANCE REACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SMALL MAMMAL; VIGILANCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARNIVORA; HERPESTIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUNGOS MUNGO; VANELLUS;

EID: 39449106954     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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