Anti-Predation Responses to Conspecific versus Heterospecific Alarm Calls by the Nestlings of Two Sympatric Birds

Predation is generally the main cause of bird mortality. Birds can use acoustic signals to increase their predation survival. Bird response to mobbing alarm calls is a form of anti-predation behavior. We used a playback technique and acoustic analysis to study the function of mobbing alarm calls in...

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Principais autores: Yuxin Jiang, Jingru Han, Canchao Yang
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
coleção:Animals
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Acesso em linha:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/16/2156