Evolution of bird song affects signal efficacy: An experimental test using historical and current signals

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1938-1945

  Derryberry, Elizabeth P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Copulation solicitation assay; Reproductive isolation; Signal evolution; White crowned sparrow

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE FLOW; MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

EID: 34547688005     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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