Coordination between the sexes for territorial defence in a duetting fairy-wren

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-73

  Hall, Michelle L ^a   Peters, Anne ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

conflict; cooperation; coordination; duet; female song; Malurus coronatus; purple crowned fairy wren; territorial defence

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SONG; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; MALURUS CORONATUS; PASSERI; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 44949158689     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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