The function of nonlinear phenomena in meerkat alarm calls

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-49

  Townsend, Simon W ^a,b   Manser, Marta B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Kalahari Meerkat Project   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptive function; Meerkats; Nonlinearities

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; LINEARITY; NONLINEARITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SMALL MAMMAL; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 79551476032     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0537     Document Type: Article

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