Reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) males sing an 'all-clear' signal to their incubating females

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-206

  Wingelmaier, Katja ^a,b   Winkler, Hans ^a   Nemeth, Erwin ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Birdsong reed bunting; Incubation; Nest attentiveness; Parental investment; Song function

Indexed keywords

EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS;

EID: 33947169925     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907779947319     Document Type: Article

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