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Titre :	The alarm call system of breeding Brown Thornbills (Acanthiza pusilla): self-defence or nest defence?
Auteurs :	Nicole A. Schneider, Auteur ; Michael Griesser, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Journal of Ornithology (155(4) OCT 2014)
Article en page(s) :	987-996
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Many species produce alarm calls during predator encounters that are directed at either conspecifics or the predator. Although many studies have investigated alarm calls in foraging individuals, antipredator communication during reproduction is rarely studied. In birds, where nest predation is a key cause of reproductive failure, some species have evolved sophisticated alarm calls to inform nestlings of danger from nest predators. However, different predator species differ in their primary prey type (brood predators, predators of adults), and accordingly, birds could have evolved different alarm calls depending on who is in danger. We experimentally investigated parental antipredator communication in Brown Thornbills (Acanthiza pusilla), where more than

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