Acoustic information as a distant cue for habitat recognition by nocturnally migrating passerines during landfall

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 716-723

  Mukhin, Andrey ^a,b   Chernetsov, Nikita ^a   Kishkinev, Dmitry ^a,c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterospecific attraction; Lighthouses; Song playback

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; FLIGHT; GENERALIST; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; RECOGNITION; SONGBIRD; SPECIALIST; STOPOVER;

ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 47649114071     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn025     Document Type: Article

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