Eavesdropping and communication networks revealed through playback and an acoustic location system

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 824-829

  Fitzsimmons, Lauren P ^a,c   Foote, Jennifer R ^b   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^b   Mennill, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic location system; Black capped chickadee; Countersinging; Eavesdropping; Overlapping; Song matching

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; SONG; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; PARIDAE; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 47649085051     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn036     Document Type: Article

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