Communal singing in the cooperatively breeding subdesert mesite Monias benschi: Evidence of numerical assessment?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-80

  Seddon, Nathalie ^a   Tobias, Joe A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE ATTRACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; MONIAS BENSCHI;

EID: 0038695936     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2003.03067.x     Document Type: Article

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