Dual signaling during mating in brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater, family Emberizidae/Icterinae)

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 250-267

  West, Meredith J ^a   King, Andrew P ^a   Freeberg, Todd M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; COURTSHIP BEHAVIOUR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; VOCALIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; ICTERINAE; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0031917818     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00066.x     Document Type: Article

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