Ecological correlates of song learning in song sparrows

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-297

  Nordby, J Cully ^a   Campbell, S Elizabeth ^a   Beecher, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird song; Male quality; Melospiza melodia; Song learning; Song repertoire; Song sparrow; Territory establishment

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; PASSERINE; SONG;

AVES; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0032971531     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.3.287     Document Type: Article

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