Is alarm calling risky? Marmots avoid calling from risky places

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1171-1178

  Collier, Travis C ^a   Blumstein, Daniel T ^a   Girod, Lewis ^b   Taylor, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BURROW; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; VOCALIZATION;

MARMOTA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 78349245536     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01830.x     Document Type: Article

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