Why birds sing at dawn: The role of consistent song transmission

Ibis

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 120-129

  Brown, Timothy J ^a   Handford, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; SONG; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA; ZONOTRICHIA; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 0037243362     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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