Visual signals for individual identification: The silent "song" of Ruffs

Auk

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 759-765

  Lank, D B ^a   Dale, J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; PLUMAGE;

AVES; PHILOMACHUS; PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX;

EID: 0034789961     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089941     Document Type: Article

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