Song quality does not indicate male parental abilities in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 809-823

  Rinden, H ^a   Lampe, H M ^b   Slagsvold, T ^b   Espmark, Y O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 0034422384     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900502358     Document Type: Article

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