Communication of male quality in owl hoots

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 552-562

  Hardouin, Loïc A ^a,b   Reby, David ^b   Bavoux, Christian ^c   Burneleau, Guy ^c   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Les Grissotières ^*

Author keywords

Acoustic coding; Frequency alteration; Male competition; Scops owls; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; EVOLUTION; HONEST SIGNALING; PLATEAU; RAPTOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIMULATION;

ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FRANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOUND DETECTION; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; FRANCE; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; STRIGIFORMES; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

OTUS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33947380973     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512136     Document Type: Review

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