First documentation of combinatorial song syntax in a suboscine passerine species

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 765-774

  Leger, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attila; Song; Suboscine; Syntax; Tyrant flycatcher

Indexed keywords

ATTILA; AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TYRANNIDAE;

EID: 28144458188     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7851.1     Document Type: Article

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