Sexual signals, risk of predation and escape behavior

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 800-807

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a   Christiansen, Simon S ^b   Mousseau, Timothy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b Ottenby Bird Observatory   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

alarm calls; escape behavior; fear scream; predation; sex; signaling; tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BREEDING SEASON; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FELID; MATE ATTRACTION; PREDATION RISK; RAPTOR;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 79959485273     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr046     Document Type: Article

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