Song activity and variability in relation to male quality and female choice in Whitethroats Sylvia communis

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 56-62

  Balsby, Thorsten J S ^a,b  

^a Natural History Museum   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SONG;

SYLVIA COMMUNIS;

EID: 0034058052     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2000.310108.x     Document Type: Article

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