The response of male and female song sparrows to geographic variation in song

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 651-657

  Searcy, William A ^a   Nowicki, Stephen ^b   Hughes, Melissa ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Melospiza melodia; Playback; Song; Song Sparrows

Indexed keywords

MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0030873056     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370477     Document Type: Article

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