Wild Asian elephants distinguish aggressive tiger and leopard growls according to perceived danger

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Thuppil, Vivek ^a   Coss, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Asian elephant; Growls; Sound playbacks

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ELEPHANT; FELID; FLIGHT; VOCALIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WILD POPULATION;

AFRICA; ASIA;

ACLEISANTHES; ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; FELIDAE; HAEMULIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIAN ELEPHANT; CARNIVORA; ELEPHANT; GROWLS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SOUND PLAYBACKS;

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; ASIAN ELEPHANT; GROWLS; SOUND PLAYBACKS;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ASIA; CARNIVORA; ELEPHANTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84923639456     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0518     Document Type: Article

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