Species differences in the songs of the critically endangered Niceforo's Wren and the related Rufous-and-white Wren

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 870-877

  Valderrama, Sandra V ^a,b,c   Parra, Jorge E ^a,b   Mennill, Daniel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Fundacion ProAves Colombia   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Niceforo's Wren; Rufous and white Wren; Thryothorus wrens; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI; THRYOTHORUS; THRYOTHORUS NICEFORI; THRYOTHORUS RUFALBUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 38349070816     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[870:SDITSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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