Multimodal signaling in fowl, Gallus gallus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2052-2057

  Smith, Carolynn L ^a   Evans, Christopher S ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audiovisual displays; Multimodal communication; Redundancy; Tidbitting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHICKEN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 47949088209     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.017194     Document Type: Article

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