Aerial alarm calling by male fowl (Gallus gallus) reveals subtle new mechanisms of risk management

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1373-1380

  Kokolakis, Artemi ^a   Smith, Carolynn L ^a   Evans, Christopher S ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alarm call; Antipredator behaviour; Communication network; Fowl; Gallus gallus; Judicious risk taking; Kin selection; Referential signal; Signal design

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; KIN SELECTION; MALE; MAPPING METHOD; MATING SUCCESS; PREDATOR; RAPTOR; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; VIDEOGRAPHY; VIGILANCE; VULNERABILITY;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79952534309     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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