A test of an environmental advertisement hypothesis for the function of drumming in Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 798-803

  Eberhardt, Laurie S ^a,b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic display; Communication; Drumming; Sphyrapicus varius; Woodpecker; Yellow bellied Sapsucker

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; PICIDAE; SPHYRAPICUS; SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS;

EID: 0030749891     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370491     Document Type: Article

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