Testing the function of song-matching in birds: Responses of eastern male song sparrows Melospiza melodia to partial song-matching

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-363

  Anderson, Rindy C ^a,b   Searcy, William A ^a   Nowicki, Stephen ^b  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 38149014843     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908783402876     Document Type: Article

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