The sound of arousal: The addition of novel non-linearities increases responsiveness in marmot alarm calls

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1074-1081

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a   Récapet, Charlotte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RODENT; VOCALIZATION;

MARMOTA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 70349897345     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01691.x     Document Type: Article

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