Song behaviour and range use in the polygamous Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-213

  Schmidt, Veronika ^a,b   Schaefer, Heinrich Martin ^a,b   Leisler, Bernd ^a  

^a Vogelwarte Radolfzell   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mating system; Playback experiments; Song activity; Spatial behaviour; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; SONG; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 0033492484     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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