Male common loons, Gavia immer, communicate body mass and condition through dominant frequencies of territorial yodels

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 683-690

  Mager III, John N ^a   Walcott, Charles ^a   Piper, Walter H ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body size; common loon; Gavia immer; honest signalling; territoriality; vocal communication

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; HONEST SIGNALING; MALE BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION; WATERFOWL;

GAVIA IMMER;

EID: 33947655306     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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