Vocal neighbour-mate discrimination in female great tits despite high song similarity

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 789-796

  Blumenrath, Sandra H ^a   Dabelsteen, Torben ^a   Pedersen, Simon B ^a  

^a Animal Behaviour Group   (Denmark)

Author keywords

great tit; neighbour mate discrimination; nestbox; Parus major; song communication; song sharing; song structure

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; MATE LOCATION; MONOGAMY; NEST BOX; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SONG;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 34247871226     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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