Simulated courtship interactions elicit neighbour intrusions in the whitethroat, Sylvia communis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 161-168

  Balsby, Thorsten J S ^a,b   Dabelsteen, Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE ATTRACTION; PASSERINE; SIMULATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; DASYNOTUS; PASSERI; SYLVIA; SYLVIA COMMUNIS;

EID: 11144277493     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.01.021     Document Type: Article

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