Heterospecific song matching in two closely related songbirds (Parus major and P. caeruleus): Great tits match blue tits but not vice versa

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 260-269

  Gorissen, Leen ^a   Gorissen, Marjan ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heterospecific matching; Interspecies communication; Vocal imitations

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; SONG; SONGBIRD;

PARUS CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI;

EID: 33744907510     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0164-6     Document Type: Article

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