Experimental evidence of vocal recognition in young and adult black-legged kittiwakes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1855-1861

  Mulard, Hervé ^a,b   Aubin, Thierry ^c   White, Joël F ^a,b   Hatch, Scott A ^d   Danchin, Étienne ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

black legged kittiwake; long call; mate recognition; parent offspring recognition; playback; Rissa tridactyla; vocal communication

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HATCHING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; LARIDAE; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 56049097412     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.07.030     Document Type: Article

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