The dusk chorus from an owl perspective: Eagle owls vocalize when their white throat badge contrasts most

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Penteriani, Vincenzo ^a   del Mar Delgado, Maria ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COEVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAGLE OWL; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; FEATHER; NOCTURNAL SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OWL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL SYSTEM; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; STRIGIFORMES;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; MALE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 65249097195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004960     Document Type: Article

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