Silent tidbitting in male fowl, Gallus gallus: A referential visual signal with multiple functions

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 835-842

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

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food calls; Multimodal communication; Referential signals; Visual displays

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APOIDEA; CORVIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 63049130698     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.023572     Document Type: Article

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