Changes in song complexity correspond to periods of female fertility in blue grosbeaks (Guiraca caerulea)

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-66

  Ballentine, Barbara ^a,b   Badyaev, Alexander ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SONG; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; GUIRACA CAERULEA; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037244119     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00852.x     Document Type: Article

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