Vocal individuality in the roding calls of Woodcock Scolopax rusticola and their use to validate a survey method

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-89

  Hoodless, Andrew N ^a   Inglis, John G ^b   Doucet, Jean Philippe ^c   Aebischer, Nicholas J ^a  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MOULIN LYON 3   (France)

Author keywords

Census method; Roding display; Scolopax rusticola; Spectrogram; Vocal individuality; Woodcock

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CENSUS; COURTSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLIGHT; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; PLUMAGE; POPULATION SIZE; SURVEY; VOCALIZATION; WADER;

AVES; SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA;

EID: 37849045231     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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