Variation and individuality in display-flight calls of male Piping Plovers

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 468-475

  Sung, Ha Cheol ^a   Miller, Edward H ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic variation; Individuality; Piping Plover; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS MELODUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 34248649339     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[463:VAIIDC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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