Rapid vocal convergence in an Australian cockatoo, the galah Eolophus roseicapillus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1019-1026

  Scarl, Judith C ^a,b   Bradbury, Jack W ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; Eolophus roseicapillus; galah; vocal convergence; vocal flexibility; vocal imitation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; CONSPECIFIC; PHYLOGENETICS; VOCALIZATION; WILD POPULATION;

ARATINGA CANICULARIS; AVES; EOLOPHUS ROSEICAPILLUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 64549088396     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.11.024     Document Type: Article

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