Neighbourhood watch: Multiple alarm callers communicate directional predator movement in Richardson's ground squirrels, Spermophilus richardsonii

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-275

  Thompson, Amy B ^a   Hare, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alarm calling; Communication network; Indirect detection; Richardson's ground squirrel; Sciuridae; Sociality; Spermophilus richardsonii

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; CONSPECIFIC; MOVEMENT; PLAY; PREDATOR; RODENT; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII;

EID: 77954759959     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.04.028     Document Type: Article

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