Song strophe-length and reproductive success in a non-passerine bird, the Hoopoe Upupa epops

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Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 670-679

  Mart́n Vivaldi, Manuel ^a   Palomino, Jose Javier ^a   Soler, Manuel ^a   Martínez, Juan Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CALLING BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONG;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; UPUPA EPOPS;

EID: 0345410960     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb07375.x     Document Type: Article

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