Iberian azure-winged magpie cyanopica (cyana) cooki nestlings begging calls: Call characterization and hunger signalling

Bioacoustics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-149

  Marques, Paulo A M ^a,b   Vicente, Luis ^c   Márquez, Rafael ^b  

^a Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azure winged Magpie; Begging; Honest signalling; Nestling

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HONEST SIGNALING; NESTLING;

CYANOPICA COOKI;

EID: 58649088025     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2008.9753596     Document Type: Article

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