Long-term influence of simulated territorial intrusions on dawn and dusk singing in the Winter Wren: Spring versus autumn

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 479-486

  Erne, Nathaline ^a,b   Amrhein, Valentin ^a,b  

^a Research Station Petite Camargue Alsacienne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bird song; Dawn chorus; Dusk chorus; Song playback; Territory defence

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; BREEDING SEASON; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; SONG; SONGBIRD; SPRING (SEASON); TERRITORIALITY;

AVES; PASSERI; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 52949145986     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0288-8     Document Type: Article

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