Context-specific response of Florida Scrub-Jay pairs to Northern Mockingbird vocal mimicry

Condor

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 858-865

  Owen Ashley, Noah T ^a,b   Schoech, Stephan J ^a,c   Mumme, Ronald L ^a,d  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida Scrub Jay; Mimicry; Northern Mockingbird; Playbacks; Territoriality; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; AVES; MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS;

EID: 24744445438     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0858:CSROFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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