Individual recognition of neighbors by song in a suboscine bird, the alder flycatcher Empidonax alnorum

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 623-630

  Lovell, Scott F ^a   Lein, M Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alder flycatchers; Empidonax alnorum; Individual recognition; Song; Suboscines

Indexed keywords

DEAR ENEMY PHENOMENON; PASSERINE; RECOGNITION; SONG; TERRITORIALITY;

AVES; BETULACEAE; EMPIDONAX ALNORUM; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TYRANNI;

EID: 17644407092     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0884-4     Document Type: Article

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