Comparative analysis of the rattle calls in Corvus and Nucifraga: The effect of body size, bill size, and phylogeny

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-144

  Laiolo, Paola ^a   Rolando, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bill size; Body size; Corvids; Phylogeny; Short range communication; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; NUCIFRAGA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037329362     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2003)105[139:CAOTRC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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