The ecological benefits of interceptive eavesdropping

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 197-205

  Ridley, Amanda R ^a,b   Wiley, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Thompson, Alex M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eavesdropping behaviour; Foraging niche expansion; Interspecific interactions; Pied babbler; Scimitarbill; Sentinel behaviour

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; AVIFAUNA; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; VIGILANCE;

EID: 84892869841     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12153     Document Type: Article

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