Rattlesnake Rattles and Burrowing Owl Hisses: A Case of Acoustic Batesian Mimicry

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Ethology

• Publication date

  2010-04-26

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1439-0310.1986.TB00605.X
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