Sexual preferences for mate song types in female song sparrows

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 835-841

  O'Loghlen, A L ^a   Beecher, M D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; SOLICITATION DISPLAY; SONG; SONG SPARROW;

MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 0031107084     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0348     Document Type: Article

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