Age-dependent expression of song in the collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-256

  Garamszegi, László Z ^a   Török, János ^b   Hegyi, Gergely ^b   Szöllõsi, Eszter ^b   Rosivall, Balázs ^b   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 33847154527     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01337.x     Document Type: Article

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