Ecology shapes birdsong evolution: Variation in morphology and habitat explains variation in white-crowned sparrow song

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-33

  Derryberry, Elizabeth P ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Evolution of behavior; Signal detectability; White crowned sparrow

Indexed keywords

HABITAT TYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; SIGNALING; SONG; SONGBIRD; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAK; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; SPARROW; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEAK; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MALE; SPARROWS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 66849084404     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599298     Document Type: Article

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