Being inside nest boxes: Does it complicate the receiving conditions for great tit parus major females?

Bioacoustics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-223

  Blumenrath, Sandra H ^a   Dabelsteen, Torben ^a   Pedersen, Simon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Communication networks; Communication range; Nest boxes; Ranging; Sound degradation

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; MALE BEHAVIOR; NEST BOX; PASSERINE; SONG;

PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI;

EID: 14044274176     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2004.9753526     Document Type: Article

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