The begging call of the Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax: An analysis of its spectrotemporal variability

Ardea

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 139-147

  Laiolo, Paola ^a   Rolando, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geographic differentiation; Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax; Red billed Chough; Variability; Vocalisations

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PASSERINE; VOCALIZATION;

PASSERIFORMES; PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX;

EID: 1542349818     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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