Temporal pattern of vocal activity of the Water Rail Rallus aquaticus and the Little Crake Porzana parva in the breeding season

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-26

  Polak, Marcin ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Little Crake; Porzana parva; Rallus aquaticus; Vocal activity; Water Rail

Indexed keywords

TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOCALIZATION;

PORZANA PARVA; RALLUS AQUATICUS;

EID: 22944485701     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.040.0107     Document Type: Article

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