Vocal mimicry by the Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps: Objective identification of mimetic sounds

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-68

  Hamao, Shoji ^a   Eda Fujiwara, Hiroko ^b  

^a National Science Museum   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIMICRY; PASSERINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS BISTRIGICEPS; PASSERIFORMES; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 0346640455     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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