Overlapping signals in banded wrens: Long-term effects of prior experience on males and females

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 260-269

  Hall, Michelle L ^a   Illes, Anya ^a   Vehrencamp, Sandra L ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication networks; Female song; Interactive signals; Male quality; Song overlap

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PASSERINE; SONG;

THRYOTHORUS PLEUROSTICTUS;

EID: 32144437049     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arj022     Document Type: Article

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