Risky revelations: Superb Fairy-wrens Malurus cyaneus respond more strongly to their mate's alarm song

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-135

  Colombelli Négrel, Diane ^a   Robertson, Jeremy ^a   Kleindorfer, Sonia ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alarm vocalisation; Geographic variation; Malurus cyaneus; Predation; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ONTOGENY; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; SONG; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MALURUS CYANEUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 78650745613     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0557-1     Document Type: Article

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