Why do songbirds sing intensively at dawn? A test of the acoustic transmission hypothesis

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 65-72

  Dabelsteen, Torben ^a   Mathevon, Nicolas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bird song; Communication networks; Dawn chorus; Sound degradation; Sound transmission

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI; SYLVIA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 0036185152     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-001-0056-8     Document Type: Article

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