Changing territories, changing tunes: Male loons, Gavia immer, change their vocalizations when they change territories

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 673-683

  Walcott, Charles ^a   Mager, John N ^a,c   Piper, Walter ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; MALE BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; GAVIA IMMER; GAVIIDAE;

EID: 33644661891     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.07.011     Document Type: Article

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