Male Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus choose early-leafing tree species during spring dawn chorus

Bird Study

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-257

  Parker, Timothy H ^a,d   Tillin, Heidi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LEAF; MALE; PASSERINE; SONG; SPRING (SEASON);

CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 33750204060     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461440     Document Type: Article

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