Sedentary life style of Neotropical sedge wrens promotes song imitation

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 855-863

  Kroodsma, Donald E ^a   Sánchez, Julio ^b   Stemple, David W ^c   Goodwin, Elijah ^a   Da Silva, Maria Luisa ^d   Vielliard, Jacques M E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Museo Nacional de Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^c Biologically Inspired Neural and Dynamical Systems Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; SONG;

CISTOTHORUS PALUSTRIS; CISTOTHORUS PLATENSIS;

EID: 0033118810     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1036     Document Type: Article

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