Regulation of vocal amplitude by the blue-throated hummingbird, Lampornis clemenciae

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 703-710

  Pytte, Carolyn L ^a   Rusch, Kathryn M ^b   Ficken, Millicent Sigler ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; SIGNALING; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; APODIFORMES; AVES; LAMPORNIS; LAMPORNIS CLEMENCIAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0142026949     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2257     Document Type: Article

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