Experimental evidence that sentinel behaviour is affected by risk

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-448

  Ridley, A R ^a,b   Raihani, N J ^c   Bell, M B V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural response; Pied babbler; Predator detection; Sentinel activity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; SIGNALING;

TURDOIDES BICOLOR;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COOPERATION; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RISK; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; LINEAR MODELS; OBSERVATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK; SONGBIRDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957269556     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0023     Document Type: Article

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