Song frequency does not reflect differences in body size among males in two oscine species

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1084-1093

  Cardoso, Gonçalo C ^a   Mamede, Ana T ^b   Atwell, Jonathan W ^c   Mota, Paulo G ^b   Ketterson, Ellen D ^c   Price, Trevor D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; JUNCO HYEMALIS; PASSERI; SERINUS SERINUS;

EID: 53749102468     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01552.x     Document Type: Article

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