The complex song duet of the Plain Wren

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 672-682

  Mann, Nigel I ^a   Marshall Ball, Lorraine ^a   Slater, Peter J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Duetting; Plain Wren; Song; Thryothorus

Indexed keywords

THRYOTHORUS; THRYOTHORUS MODESTUS; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0242592059     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7208     Document Type: Article

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