Titi monkey call sequences vary with predator location and type

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Cäsar, Cristiane ^a,b,c   Zuberbühler, Klaus ^a,d   Young, Robert J ^b,e   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Bicho do Mato Instituto de Pesquisa   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alarm calls; New World monkeys; Predator models; Sequences

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CARNIVORE; FIELD METHOD; PREDATOR; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; CALLICEBUS; CALLICEBUS NIGRIFRONS; MAMMALIA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; RAPTORES;

ALARM CALLS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PITHECIIDAE; PLATYRRHINI; PREDATION; PREDATOR MODELS; SEQUENCES;

ALARM CALLS; NEW WORLD MONKEYS; PREDATOR MODELS; SEQUENCES;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PITHECIIDAE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84904886723     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0535     Document Type: Article

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