Use of song amplitude for ranging in Carolina wrens, Thryothorus ludovicianus

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 723-731

  Naguib, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROLINA WREN; DISTANCE ASSESSMENT; RANGING; SONG;

PASSERI; THRYOTHORUS; THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 0030875731     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00181.x     Document Type: Article

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