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To call or not to call: parents assess the vulnerability of their young before warning them about predators

Communication about predators can reveal the effects of both conspecific and heterospecific audiences on signalling strategy, providing insight into signal function and animal cognition. In species that alarm call to their young, parents face a fundamental dilemma: calling can silence noisy offsprin...

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Main Authors: Haff, Tonya M., Magrath, Robert D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3871359/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24132098
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0745
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