Animal Communication: Timing Counts

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Brumm, Henrik ^a   Slater, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COOPERATION; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PAIR BOND; SONGBIRDS; TERRITORIALITY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 34250844006     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.04.053     Document Type: Short Survey

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