Mimetic song in superb lyrebirds: species mimicked and mimetic accuracy in different populations and age classes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1043-1054

  Zann, Richard ^a   Dunstan, Emily ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

heterospecific vocal mimicry; Menura novaehollandiae; mimetic accuracy; mimetic song structure; song repertoire size; superb lyrebird; vocal copying

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; ISOLATED POPULATION; MATE CHOICE; MIMICRY; SONG; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; CACATUIDAE; CALYPTORHYNCHUS FUNEREUS; MENURA NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; PSOPHODES OLIVACEUS;

EID: 49149093454     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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