Voices in the dark: Predation risk by owls influences dusk singing in a diurnal passerine

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1837-1843

  Schmidt, Kenneth A ^a   Belinsky, Kara Loeb ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Dusk chorus; Heterospecific eavesdropping; Predation risk; Veery

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; DARK; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; HUNTING; LIGHT INTENSITY; PASSERINE; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; RAPTOR; SELECTION; SIGNALING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CATHARUS FUSCESCENS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84885916729     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1593-7     Document Type: Article

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