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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Autori principali: Nora V. Carlson, Susan D. Healy, Christopher N. Templeton
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Animal Behavior and Cognition 2020-05-01
Serie:Animal Behavior and Cognition
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Accesso online:http://animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/27/AB_C_2020_Vol7(2)_Carlson_et_al.pdf