Assessing "false" alarm calls by a drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) in mixed-species bird flocks

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 396-403

  Satischandra, S Harsha K ^a   Kodituwakku, Prasanna ^a   Kotagama, Sarath W ^b   Goodale, Eben ^b  

^a University of Sabaragamuwa   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Aggressive interactions; Alarm calls; Deception; Dicrurus paradiseus; False alarms; Interspecific communication; Mixed species flocks

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CALLING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PASSERINE;

ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; DICRURUS PARADISEUS;

EID: 76749095028     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp203     Document Type: Article

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