Implications of conspecific background noise for features of blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus, communication networks at dawn

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-128

  Poesel, Angelika ^a,b   Dabelsteen, Torben ^a   Pedersen, Simon Boel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication network; Cyanistes caeruleus; Singing interaction

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; CONSPECIFIC; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; TERRITORY;

ANIMALIA; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PASSERI;

EID: 33846037430     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-006-0116-y     Document Type: Article

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