Response to typical, mixed and shortened song versions in Eurasian treecreepers, Certhia familiaris

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 985-989

  Osiejuk, Tomasz S ^a   Kuczyński, Lechoslaw ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Playback experiments; Song functions; Song versions; Treecreeper

Indexed keywords

CERTHIA; CERTHIA BRACHYDACTYLA; CERTHIA FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0346913116     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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