Female aquatic warblers (acrocephalus paludicola) are attracted by playback of longer and more complicated songs

Behaviour

Volumn 133, Issue 15-16, 1996, Pages 1153-1164

  Catchpole, Clive K ^a   Leisler, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 0030367035     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853996X00341     Document Type: Article

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