A predator-elicited vocalisation in the Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti)

Emu

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-169

  Greig, Emma I ^a   Spendel, Katherine ^b   Brandley, Nick C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alerting signals; Anti predator calls; Cracticus torquatus; Display songs; Type II song

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSPECIFIC; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PREDATOR; SONG; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AVES; CRACTICUS TORQUATUS; MALURUS; MALURUS CYANEUS; MALURUS LAMBERTI; MALURUS SPLENDENS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 77952911914     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU09107     Document Type: Article

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