The location of ranging cues in wren song: Evidence from calibrated interactive playback experiments

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 189-206

  Holland, J ^a,b   Dabelsteen, T ^a   BjOrn C P ^a   Pedersen, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035630791     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685390151074375     Document Type: Article

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