Effects of different levels of song overlapping on singing behaviour in male territorial nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 419-426

  Naguib, Marc ^a   Kipper, Silke ^b,c  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Song overlapping; Territorial behaviour; Vocal interactions

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; SONG; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; PASSERI;

EID: 30744475699     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0066-z     Document Type: Article

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