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Wild dwarf mongooses produce general alert and predator-specific alarm calls

Collier, Katie ; Radford, Andrew N. ; Townsend, Simon W. ; Manser, Marta B.

In: Behavioral Ecology, 2017, vol. 28, no. 5, p. 1293-1301

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    Title
    • Wild dwarf mongooses produce general alert and predator-specific alarm calls
    Author
    • Collier, Katie. Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Switzerland
    • Radford, Andrew N.. School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Ave, Bristol BS8 1TH, UK, and
    • Townsend, Simon W.. Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Switzerland
    • Manser, Marta B.. Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Language
    • English
    Published in
    • Behavioral Ecology, 2017, vol. 28, no. 5, p. 1293-1301. Oxford University Press
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    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:333114
    Summary
    Dwarf mongooses, the smallest species in the mongoose family, produce a number of diverse alarm-call types, with several being general and 2 indicating predator type. Furthermore, the specificity of their alarm-call types appears higher for aerial than terrestrial threats and, unlike other mongoose species, they seem to use the same alarm-call type for both physically present terrestrial predators and secondary cues of their presence.