Song differences between populations of seven subspecies of the African forest weaver Ploceus bicolor Vieillot (Aves: Passeriformes)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-96

  Wickler, Wolfgang ^a   Seibt, Uta ^a   Schmidl, Dieter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Field study; Forest weaver; Song type structure; Traditive song

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; PASSERINE; SONG; SUBSPECIES;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; PLOCEUS BICOLOR;

EID: 31144434546     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-005-0025-5     Document Type: Article

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