Geographical variation in blue tit song, the result of an adjustment to vegetation type?

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 481-493

  Doutrelant, Claire ^a   Leitao, Albertine ^b   Giorgi, Maud ^a   Lambrechts, Marcel M ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0033411788     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999501432     Document Type: Article

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