Singing complexity of the Banded Wren (Thryothorus pleurostictus): Do switching rate and song-type diversity send different messages?

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 991-1003

  Molles, Laura E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Banded Wren; Repertoires; Song type diversity; Song type matching; Switching; Thryothorus pleurostictus

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COMPLEXITY; SONG; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

PASSERI; THRYOTHORUS PLEUROSTICTUS;

EID: 33750437285     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[991:SCOTBW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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