Song sharing and repertoire size in the sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus: changes within and between years

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1585-1592

  Nicholson, Joanne S ^a   Buchanan, Katherine L ^a   Marshall, Rupert C ^a   Catchpole, Clive K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus; age; neighbour; repertoire; sedge warbler; song sharing

Indexed keywords

AGE; BREEDING SEASON; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GOOD GENES HYPOTHESIS; PASSERINE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG;

ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS;

EID: 35748980313     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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