Male and female song structure and singing behaviour in the duetting eastern whipbird, Psophodes olivaceus

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 157-166

  Rogers, Amy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONG; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; PSOPHODES OLIVACEUS;

EID: 23044431558     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO04083     Document Type: Article

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