Vocal communication in a songbird with a novel song repertoire

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1003-1026

  Gammon, David E ^a,b   Hendrick, Melinda C ^b   Baker, Myron C ^b  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Poecile atricapillus; Repertoire; Sexual selection; Signal evolution; Song type matching

Indexed keywords

AVES; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PASSERI;

EID: 44349163385     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908784474524     Document Type: Article

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