Does beak size affect acoustic frequencies in Woodcreepers?

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 553-560

  Palacios, Maria G ^a   Tubaro, Pablo L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Beak length; Body size; Dendrocolaptinae; Resonance; Song structure; Woodcreepers

Indexed keywords

DRYMORNIS BRIDGESII; LEPIDOCLAPTES; LEPIDOCLAPTES ANGUSTIROSTRIS; LEPIDOCOLAPTES ANGUSTIROSTRIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033846295     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369785     Document Type: Article

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