The rich get richer: song complexity predicts song element sharing and song output in song sparrows Melospiza melodia

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 141-146

  MacDougall Shackleton, Elizabeth A ^a   Stewart, Kathryn A ^a   Potvin, Dominique A ^a   Tennenhouse, Erica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

birdsong; carryover effect; geographical variation; Melospiza melodia; multiple messages; signal redundancy; song rate; song repertoire; song sparrow

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; LEARNING; PREDICTION; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA MELODIA;

EID: 67349166133     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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