Acoustic convergence and divergence in two sympatric burrowing nocturnal seabirds

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-134

  Cure, Charlotte ^a,b   Aubin, Thierry ^a   Mathevon, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Call signatures; Communication strategy; Mate identification; Shearwaters; Vocal sex recognition

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BURROWING ORGANISM; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DIVERGENCE; INCUBATION; MATE FIDELITY; MATE RECOGNITION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SEABIRD; SYMPATRY; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA DIOMEDEA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS YELKOUAN;

EID: 58149088463     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01104.x     Document Type: Article

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