Information content in chorus songs of the group-living Australian magpie (Cracticus tibicen dorsalis) in Western Australia

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-238

  Baker, Myron C ^a,b,c  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; CONSPECIFIC; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; PASSERINE; SIGNAL; SONG; SUBSPECIES; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES; CORVIDAE; CRACTICUS; GYMNORHINA TIBICEN; TIBICEN;

EID: 59149100264     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01606.x     Document Type: Article

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