Variation in song rate during the breeding cycle of the rufous bush chat, cercotrichas galactotes

Ardeola

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-56

  Alvarez, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding stages; Cercotrichas galactotes; Mate acquisition; Song; Territory establishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013625671     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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