How to identify dear enemies: The group signature in the complex song of the skylark Alauda arvensis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-326

  Briefer, Elodie ^a   Aubin, Thierry ^a   Lehongre, Katia ^a   Rybak, Fanny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Alauda arvensis; Dear enemy effect; Microdialects; Oscine; Playback experiment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLYING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SONGBIRDS; SOUND; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 40449142906     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.013359     Document Type: Article

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