Development of family specific contact calls in the Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus

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Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 649-656

  Sharp, Stuart P ^a   Hatchwell, Ben J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; NEST; ONTOGENY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

AEGITHALIDAE; AEGITHALOS CAUDATUS; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33750175545     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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