The structure, meaning and function of yellow-bellied marmot pup screams

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1055-1064

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

alarm call; honest signal; Marmota flaviventris; nonlinear vocalization; yellow bellied marmot

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; AUDITORY CUE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; RODENT; VOCALIZATION;

MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 49149122439     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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