Strategies that facilitate or counter eavesdropping on vocal interactions in songbirds

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 274-278

  Dabelsteen, Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Communication networks; Eavesdropping strategies; Vocal interactions

Indexed keywords

PASSERI;

EID: 3042518641     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652004000200014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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