Catch the wave: Prairie dogs assess neighbours' awareness using contagious displays

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1777, 2014, Pages

  Hare, James F ^a   Campbell, Kevin L ^a   Senkiw, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contagious communication; Foraging vigilance trade off; Group size effect; Prairie dogs; Public information; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; PRIMATE; RODENT; TRADE-OFF; VIGILANCE;

EID: 84891865736     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2153     Document Type: Article

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