Who's your neighbor? Acoustic cues to individual identity in red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus rattle calls

North American red squirrels Tamiasciurus hudsonicus often produce a loud territorial rattle call when conspecifics enter or invade a territory. Previous playback experiments suggest that the territorial rattle call may indicate an invader's identity as squirrels responded more intensely to cal...

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Main Author: Shannon M. DIGWEED, Drew RENDALL, Teana IMBEAU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2012-10-01
Series:Current Zoology
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Online Access:http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=12121