Overlapping and matching in the song contests of black-capped chickadees

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 441-450

  Mennill, Daniel J ^a,b   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Biological Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; CONTEST COMPETITION; SONG;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARIDAE; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; POECILE; POECILE ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 1142264417     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.04.010     Document Type: Article

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