Male song variation of green violetear (Colibri thalassinus) in the Talamanca Mountain Range, Costa Rica

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 519-524

  Barrantes, Gilbert ^a   Sánchez, César ^a   Hilje, Branko ^b   Jaffé, Rodolfo ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; SONGBIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CORDILLERA DE TALAMANCA; COSTA RICA;

COLIBRI THALASSINUS;

EID: 52749097033     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/07-024.1     Document Type: Article

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