Observational and experimental evidence for the function of tail flicking in Eurasian moorhen Gallinula chloropus

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 629-639

  Randler, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BIRD; CONSPECIFIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HONEST SIGNALING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; GALLINULA CHLOROPUS;

EID: 34347254243     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01369.x     Document Type: Article

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