The evolution of song in female birds in Europe

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-96

  Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^a   Pavlova, Denitza Zaprianova ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bird song; Calls; Comparative study; Female vocalization; Repertoire size; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33845880397     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl047     Document Type: Article

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