Temporal variation in chaffinch Fringilla coelebs song: Interrelations between the trill and flourish

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-203

  Leitão, Albertine ^a   Van Dooren, Tom J M ^b   Riebel, Katharina ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNICATION; SONGBIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AVES; FRINGILLA; FRINGILLA COELEBS; PASSERI;

EID: 2642517398     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03295.x     Document Type: Article

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