Birds associate species-specific acoustic and visual cues: Recognition of heterospecific rivals by male blackcaps

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 467-471

  Matyjasiak, Piotr ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Long term memory; Playback experiments; Song; Species recognition; Territorial behavior

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; RECOGNITION; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; SYLVIA BORIN;

EID: 14644392244     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari012     Document Type: Article

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