Vocal similarity and familiarity determine response to potential flockmates in orange-fronted conures (Psittacidae)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 983-991

  Balsby, Thorsten J S ^a   Adams, Danielle M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Aratinga canicularis; Decision; Fission fusion society; Orange fronted conure; Parrot; Vocal imitation; Vocal recognition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIRD; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); VOCALIZATION;

ARATINGA CANICULARIS; AVES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 79953299666     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.01.034     Document Type: Article

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