Song behaviour and reproductive strategies in a duetting wren, Thryothorus nigricapillus: I. Removal experiments

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1093-1106

  Levin, Rachel N ^a  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THRYOTHORUS NIGRICAPILLUS;

BAY WREN; SONG; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

PANAMA;

EID: 0030303265     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0257     Document Type: Article

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