No evidence of eavesdropping on heterospecific alarm calls by captive zebra finches recently descended from wild birds
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DOI: 10.1111/jav.01752
Abstract: Alarm calls are vocalisations animals give in response to predators which mainly function to alert conspecifics of danger. Studies show that numerous species eavesdrop on heterospecific calls to gain information about predator presence. Responding to… read more here.
Keywords: captive zebra; alarm; response; zebra finches ... See more keywords