Is the signal value of overlapping different from that of alternating during matched singing in great tits?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-194

  Dabelsteen, Torben ^a   McGregor, Peter K ^b   Shepherd, Michael ^c   Whittaker, Xanthe ^b   Pedersen, Simon Boel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREAT TIT; MATCHED SINGING; OVERLAPPED SINGING; PLAYBACK EXPERIMENT; SIGNALLING;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0030303396     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677221     Document Type: Article

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