Fidelity of vocal mimicry: Identification and accuracy of mimicry of heterospecific alarm calls by the brown thornbill

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 593-603

  Igic, Branislav ^a   Magrath, Robert D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthiza pusilla; Accuracy; Alarm call; Brown thornbill; Imitation; Imperfect mimicry; Vocal mimicry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOACOUSTICS; CLASSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; MIMICRY; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR; VOCALIZATION;

ACANTHIZA PUSILLA; AVES;

EID: 84875252950     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.12.022     Document Type: Article

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