Does Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) Response to Heterospecific Alarm Calls Depend on Familiarity or Acoustic Similarity?

Ethology

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 983-992

  Getschow, Cynthia M ^a   Rivers, Pearl ^a   Sterman, Samantha ^a   Lumpkin, David C ^a   Tarvin, Keith A ^a  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FAMILIARITY; RODENT; SONG; SYMPATRY; VIGILANCE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MELIPHAGIDAE; PHYLIDONYRIS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; TURDUS MERULA; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 84884975070     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12145     Document Type: Article

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