Complex female vocal behaviour of great and blue tits inside the nesting cavity

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 489-506

  Gorissen, Leen ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Close range communication; Female vocalisations; Interactive communication; Recordings inside nest box

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 21344454875     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539054012056     Document Type: Article

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