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Do warning calls boost survival of signal recipients? Evidence from a field experiment in a group-living bird species

INTRODUCTION: Warning calls are a widespread anti-predator adaptation, which can signal unprofitability to predators or alert other potential targets of the predator. Although it is tacitly assumed that the recipients of warning calls experience a reduction in predation risk, this crucial assumption...

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Autor principal: Griesser, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23941356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-49