Acoustic communication in the Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla: Potential cues for sexual and individual signatures in long calls

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1027-1033

  Aubin, Thierry ^a   Mathevon, Nicolas ^a,b   Staszewski, Vincent ^c   Boulinier, Thierry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Coding strategy; Gull; Rissa tridactyla; Vocal signature

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BREEDING SITE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COLONIAL BREEDING; SEABIRD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIGNAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 34249979171     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0262-6     Document Type: Article

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