A comparative study of the function of heterospecific vocal mimicry in European passerines

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1001-1009

  Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a   Pavlova, Denitza Zaprianova ^a   Avilés, Jesús Miguel ^b   Møller, Anders Pape ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bird song; Comparative study; Learning; Repertoire size; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROOD PARASITISM; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HYBRIDIZATION; LEARNING; MIMICRY; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIZE EFFECT; SONG; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 35848968021     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm069     Document Type: Article

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