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

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

Behavioral Ecology, 2017, vol. 28, issue 5, 1293-1301

Abstract: Lay SummaryDwarf 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.

Keywords: alarm calls; functional reference; Herpestidae; predator-specific; sociality; vocal communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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