Song amplitude and body size in birds

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1157-1165

  Brumm, Henrik ^a,b,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Bird song; Honest signalling; Performance related trait; Signal evolution; Song amplitude

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; HONEST SIGNALING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 67349266213     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0743-4     Document Type: Article

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