Singing is not energetically demanding for pied flycatchers, Ficedula hypoleuca

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 477-484

  Ward, Sally ^a   Lampe, Helene M ^b   Slater, Peter J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Ficedula hypoleuca; Pied flycatcher, song

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PASSERINE; SONGBIRD;

AVES; FICEDULA; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 2942562294     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh038     Document Type: Article

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