Signal interception and the use of soft song in aggressive interactions

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 865-872

  Searcy, William A ^a   Nowicki, Stephen ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIGNAL; SONGBIRD;

MELOSPIZA; PASSERI;

EID: 33747333439     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01238.x     Document Type: Article

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