Winter dialects in the bronzed cowbird and their relationship to breeding-season dialects

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1169-1178

  Warren, Paige S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PASSERINE; VOCALIZATION; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MOLOTHRUS AENEUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0042912948     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2156     Document Type: Article

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