Vocal variation in the Water Rail Rallus aquaticus: A comparison between two subspecies;Vocale variatie bij de Waterral: Een vergelijking tussen twee ondersoorten

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Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 81-91

  De Kroon, Gerard ^a,b   Mommers, Maria ^a,b   Slabbekoorn, Hans ^b  

^a Universiteit Leiden ^*  (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MATE ATTRACTION; VOCALIZATION; WATERFOWL;

ASIA; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

RALLUS AQUATICUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 57849149134     PISSN: 00243620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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