Inspection of mob-calls as sources of predator information: Response of migrant and resident birds in the Neotropics

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1769-1777

  Nocera, Joseph J ^a   Taylor, Philip D ^b   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Migration; Mobbing; Playbacks; Predator recognition

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; BREEDING SITE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORTALITY RISK; NEARCTIC REGION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; OVERWINTERING; PREDATION RISK;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EMBERIZINAE; PARIDAE; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; THRAUPIS EPISCOPUS;

EID: 50249104373     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0605-5     Document Type: Article

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