A dusk chorus effect in a nocturnal bird: Support for mate and rival assessment functions

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1909-1918

  Hardouin, Loïc A ^a,c   Robert, Dominique ^b   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b University of Sussex ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dawn chorus; Owls; Proximal factors

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; RAPTOR; SIGNALING; SONG; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOCALIZATION;

ATHENE NOCTUA; AVES; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 51849164429     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0621-5     Document Type: Article

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