Signal Jamming Mediates Sexual Conflict in a Duetting Bird

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 577-582

  Tobias, Joseph A ^a   Seddon, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HYPOCNEMIS;

EID: 64049093343     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.02.036     Document Type: Article

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