Tan and white color morphs of white-throated Sparrows differ in their non-song vocal responses to territorial intrusion

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 842-845

  Collins, Christine E ^a   Houtman, Anne M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Playback; Territory defense; Vocalizations; White throated Sparrow; Zonotrichia albicollis

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERIDAE; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 0032751856     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370072     Document Type: Article

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