Function of song in the hoopoe upupa epops

Bird Study

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 104-111

  Martín Vivaldi, Manuel ^a   Palomino, José Javier ^a   Soler, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ROLE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SONG;

GRANADA; SPAIN;

CORACIIFORMES; UPUPA EPOPS; UPUPIDAE;

EID: 0033104794     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659909461120     Document Type: Article

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