A female songbird out-sings male conspecifics during simulated territorial intrusions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1658, 2012, Pages 981-986

  Illes, Anya E ^a   Yunes Jimenez, Laila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Cooperative breeding; Duetting; Female song; Role reversal; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSPECIFIC; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FEMALE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POLYANDRY; ROLE REVERSAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY;

AIMOPHILA; ANIMALIA; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECORDING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPARROW; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPARROWS; TAPE RECORDING; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 63849107307     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1445     Document Type: Article

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