Is sentinel behaviour safe? An experimental investigation

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-142

  Ridley, Amanda R ^a,b   Nelson Flower, Martha J ^b   Thompson, Alex M ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Kin selection; Pied babbler; Safe location; Selfish sentinel; Sentinel behaviour; Turdoides bicolor

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KIN SELECTION; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TURDOIDES BICOLOR;

EID: 84872323710     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.10.017     Document Type: Article

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