Short-range and long-range songs: Use of two acoustically distinct song classes by Dark-eyed Juncos

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 386-393

  Titus, Russell C ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DARK-EYED JUNCE; SONG;

JUNCO HYEMALIS;

EID: 0031955585     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089197     Document Type: Article

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