Mate, neighbour and stranger songs: A female song sparrow perspective

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-20

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SONG;

MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0032795015     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1125     Document Type: Article

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