Chapter 8 Survivor Signals. The Biology and Psychology of Animal Alarm Calling

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue , 2009, Pages 277-322

  Zuberbühler, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Articulation; Audience effect; Cognition; Comprehension; Deception; Eavesdropping; Meaning; Mental concept; Predation; Referential

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049107458     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(09)40008-1     Document Type: Review

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