Alarm calls of bronze mannikins communicate predator size to familiar conspecifics

Ostrich

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-184

  Malan, G ^a   Seoraj Pillai, N ^a,b   du Plessis, M A ^c,d  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d WWF South Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; LONCHURA; LONCHURA CUCULLATA; RAPTORES; SERPENTES; SPERMESTES;

EID: 73649099125     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2009.80.3.8.971     Document Type: Article

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