Geographical variation in the calls of the choughs

Condor

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 287-297

  Laiolo, Paola ^a   Rolando, Antonio ^a   Delestrade, Anne ^b   De Sanctis, Augusto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Ctr Rech Ecosystemes d'Altitude   (France)

^c WWF Abruzzo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine Chough; Geographical variation; Pyrrhocorax graculus; Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax; Red billed Chough; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX;

EID: 0035010496     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0287:GVITCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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