Singing in the face of death: Male banded wrens Thryophilus pleurostictus sing more to playback in their last breeding season

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-224

  Hall, Michelle L ^a,c   Molles, Laura E ^b   Illes, Anya E ^a   Vehrencamp, Sandra L ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BREEDING SEASON; DEFENSE MECHANISM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

THRYOTHORUS PLEUROSTICTUS;

EID: 63049101781     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04540.x     Document Type: Article

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