Vocal mediation of foraging competition in the cooperatively breeding green woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-285

  Radford, Andrew N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Food associated calls; Foraging techniques; Spatial separation hypothesis; Vocal signals; Vocalisations

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FORAGING BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

PHOENICULUS; PHOENICULUS PURPUREUS; PHOENICURUS PURPUREUS;

EID: 3242686243     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0785-6     Document Type: Article

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