Provisioning calls of the cooperatively breeding bell miner Manorina melanophrys encode sufficient information for individual discrimination

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-121

  McDonald, Paul G ^a,b   Heathcote, Catherine F ^c   Clarke, Michael F ^a   Wright, Jonathan ^d   Kazem, Anahita J N ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NTNU ^*  (Australia)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; BREEDING POPULATION; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EUSOCIALITY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; NESTLING; PASSERINE; RECOGNITION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

MANORINA MELANOPHRYS; MELIPHAGIDAE; MOHO BRACCATUS;

EID: 33846071520     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03753.x     Document Type: Article

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