Playback of colony sound alters the breeding schedule and clutch size in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) colonies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1561, 2005, Pages 383-388

  Waas, Joseph R ^a,c   Colgan, Patrick W ^b   Boag, Peter T ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breeding schedules; Clutch size; Colony sound; Social stimulation; Synchrony; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; CLUTCH SIZE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; VOCALIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINCH; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 16844370027     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2949     Document Type: Article

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