Nestling use of alternative acoustic antipredator responses is related to immune condition and social context

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-169

  Goedert, Debora ^a   Dias, Raphael I ^a   Macedo, Regina H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acoustic signalling; Antipredator call; Campo flicker; Colaptes campestris campestris; Distress call; Honest signal; Picidae

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVIFAUNA; BIOACOUSTICS; BIRD; HONEST SIGNALING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NESTLING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84898626882     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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