Reliability and anti-predator signal eavesdropping across mixed-species flocks of tits.
Mobbing is an anti-predator behavior where multiple species collectively harass a predator while vocalizing. These flocks are made up of species whose vocalizations contain information about predator threat (information sources), and those that eavesdrop on this information (scroungers). To be a com...
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Animal Behavior and Cognition
2020-05-01
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| Series: | Animal Behavior and Cognition |
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| Online Access: | http://animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/27/AB_C_2020_Vol7(2)_Carlson_et_al.pdf |