Three vocalization types in the blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus: A test of the different signal-value hypothesis

Behaviour

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1529-1545

  Poesel, Angelika ^a,b   Dabelsteen, Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanistes caeruleus; Different signal value hypothesis; Playback simulated intrusion; Song matching

Indexed keywords

CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PASSERI;

EID: 33846288939     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853906779366973     Document Type: Article

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