Reproductive strategy and singing activity: Blue tit and great tit compared

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1633-1641

  Amrhein, Valentin ^a,b,c   Johannessen, Lars Erik ^a   Kristiansen, Lena ^a   Slagsvold, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Research Station Petite Camargue Alsacienne   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blue tit; Dawn chorus; Great tit; Reproductive strategy; Singing activity

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SONG; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI;

EID: 48349130327     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0592-6     Document Type: Article

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