Whip it good! Geographic consistency in male songs and variability in female songs of the duetting eastern whipbird Psophodes olivaceus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-100

  J Mennill, Daniel ^a   C Rogers, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PASSERINE; SONG;

AVES; PSOPHODES OLIVACEUS;

EID: 33645112348     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03548.x     Document Type: Article

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