Female food solicitation calling, hunger levels and habitat differences in the black-capped chickadee

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 847-853

  Otter, Ken A ^a   Atherton, Sarah E ^a   van Oort, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

black capped chickadee; courtship feeding; Poecile atricapillus; signal, honest; solicitation call

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; FOOD LIMITATION; HUNGER; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SIGNAL; SONGBIRD;

PARIDAE; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 33847227473     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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