Voice breaking in males results in sexual dimorphism of green woodhoopoe calls

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 555-569

  Radford, Andrew N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 3242706957     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539041166726     Document Type: Article

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