Undirected song in wild zebra finch flocks: Contexts and effects of mate removal

Ethology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 529-539

  Dunn, A M ^a   Zann, R A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

MATE ATTRACTION; MATE REMOVAL; SONG; ZEBRA FINCH;

EID: 0029660092     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1996.tb01145.x     Document Type: Article

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