Female dunnocks use vocalizations to compete for males

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 881-890

  Langmore, N E ^a   Davies, N B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUNNOCK; FEMALE BEHAVIOUR; MATE ATTRACTION; VOCALIZATION;

PRUNELLA MODULARIS;

EID: 0031128711     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0306     Document Type: Article

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