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Using playback of territorial calls to investigate mechanisms of kin discrimination in red squirrels

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  • Julia Shonfield
  • Jamieson C. Gorrellb
  • David W. Coltman
  • Stan Boutin
  • Murray M. Humphries
  • David R. Wilson
  • Andrew G. McAdam

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Lay Summary Red squirrels can recognize relatives, but only act favorably towards them under certain conditions. We measured how red squirrels behaved in response to recordings of calls from relatives and nonrelatives to test whether squirrels recognize relatives because of their previous experience with those individuals or because relatives exhibit cues of genetic relatedness. Contrary to previous experiments, squirrels did not respond differently to the calls of relatives and nonrelatives.Twitter: @JuliaShonfield

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  • Julia Shonfield & Jamieson C. Gorrellb & David W. Coltman & Stan Boutin & Murray M. Humphries & David R. Wilson & Andrew G. McAdam, 2017. "Using playback of territorial calls to investigate mechanisms of kin discrimination in red squirrels," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 28(2), pages 382-390.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:28:y:2017:i:2:p:382-390.
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