Territory tenure in song sparrows is related to song sharing with neighbours, but not to repertoire size

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-37

  Beecher, Michael D ^a   Elizabeth Campbell, S ^a   Cully Nordby, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PASSERINE; SONG; TERRITORIALITY;

MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 0033975362     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1304     Document Type: Article

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