Is song-type matching a conventional signal of aggressive intentions?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1476, 2001, Pages 1637-1642

  Vehrencamp, S L ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Interactive playback; Receiver retaliation; Song matching; Threat signals

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; SONG; SONGBIRD;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; THREAT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0035822691     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1714     Document Type: Article

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