Sex-role reversal in song? Females sing more frequently than males in the streak-backed oriole

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 387-392

  Price, J Jordan ^a   Yunes Jiménez, Laila ^b   Osorio Berstain, Marcela ^b   Omland, Keven E ^c   Murphy, Troy G ^c,d  

^a ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird song; Female song; Lcterus pustulatus; Sexual selection; Tropical songbird; Vocal behavior

Indexed keywords

AVES; ICTERUS PUSTULATUS; PASSERI;

EID: 66149159692     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.8430     Document Type: Article

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