Ontogenetic and sex differences influence alarm call responses in mammals: A meta-analysis

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 839-851

  Lea, Amanda J ^a   Blumstein, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAGNITUDE; MATURATION; META-ANALYSIS; ONTOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; RESEARCH WORK; RODENT; SELECTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 80052758822     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01947.x     Document Type: Review

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