Is male song quality important in maintaining pair bonds?

Behaviour

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 549-567

  Tomaszycki, Michelle L ^a   Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Monogamy; Pair bonding; Passerines; Song

Indexed keywords

PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 33748937692     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853906776759529     Document Type: Article

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