Cautious response of inexperienced birds to conventional signal of stronger threat

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 644-649

  S Osiejuk, Tomasz ^a   Łosak, Katarzyna ^a   Dale, Svein ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SIGNALING; SONG; SONGBIRD;

AVES; EMBERIZA HORTULANA; PASSERI;

EID: 36249000627     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.04255.x     Document Type: Article

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