The signal function of overlapping singing in male robins

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-256

  Dabelsteen, Torben ^a,d   McGregor, Peter K ^a,b   Holland, Jo ^a   Tobias, Joe A ^c   Pedersen, Simon Boel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROBIN; SIGNAL FUNCTION; SONG;

ERITHACUS RUBECULA;

EID: 0031060881     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0369     Document Type: Article

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