Signaler and receiver ages do not affect responses to Richardson's ground squirrel alarm calls

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 889-894

  Swan, David C ^a   Hare, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alarm communication; Receiver age; Richardson's ground squirrels; Signaler age; Spermophilus richardsonii

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; JUVENILE; PREDATION; RODENT;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII;

EID: 51349127316     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-228.1     Document Type: Article

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