Alarm calls modulate the spatial structure of a breeding owl community

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1736, 2012, Pages 2135-2141

  Parejo, Deseada ^a   Avilés, Jesús M ^a   Rodríguez, Juan ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alarm calls; Breeding habitat selection; Conspecifics and heterospecifics; Eavesdropping; Ecological consequences; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BREEDING SITE; CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; MAMMAL; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PREDATION RISK; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

EID: 84859984940     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2601     Document Type: Article

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