Songbehaviour and reproductive strategies in a duetting wren, Thryothorus nigricapillus: II. Playback experiments

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1107-1117

  Levin, Rachel N ^a  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; THRYOTHORUS NIGRICAPILLUS; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

BAY WREN; SONG; VOCALIZATION;

PANAMA;

EID: 0030303263     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0258     Document Type: Article

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