The song remains the same: Juvenile Richardson's ground squirrels do not respond differentially to mother's or colony member's alarm calls

Current Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 773-780

  Hare, James F ^a   Warkentin, Kurtis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alarm signal; Communication; Ground squirrel; Maternal call recognition; Signal reliability; Social discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868233547     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/58.5.773     Document Type: Article

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