Species specificity of grey warbler begging solicitation and alarm calls revealed by nestling responses to playbacks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 401-409

  Anderson, Michael G ^a   Brunton, Dianne H ^a   Hauber, Mark E ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

alarm call; begging; begging solicitation call; Gerygone igata; grey warbler; parent offspring communication; vocal communication

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; TRADE-OFF; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; GERYGONE IGATA;

EID: 74649084844     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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