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Zebra finches and heterospecific alarm calls

August 13, 2017 eriophora Animal communication, Birds Comments Off on Zebra finches and heterospecific alarm calls

Studies have shown that numerous species eavesdrop on the calls of heterospecifics to gain information about predator presence. Responding to

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Zebra finches don’t alarm call

July 12, 2017 eriophora Animal communication, Birds, Papers Comments Off on Zebra finches don’t alarm call

Many vertebrates use vocalizations to communicate about the presence of predators, and some encode information about predator type or behaviour.

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Zebra finch antipredator behaviour

March 3, 2013 eriophora Animal communication, Birds, Projects Comments Off on Zebra finch antipredator behaviour

The zebra finch is a native Australian passerine used as a model species in studies worldwide and spanning a range

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Holsworth funding to Nicole Butler

October 26, 2012 eriophora Birds, News Comments Off on Holsworth funding to Nicole Butler

Thanks to the Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment for awarding $3000 to support Nicky’s project: Anti‐predator behaviour in the zebra finch: communicating

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