Vocalizations of the North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 326-335

  Corfield, Jeremy ^a,b   Gillman, Len ^b   Parsons, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apteryx mantelli; Call structure; North Island Brown Kiwi; Ratites; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CALLING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

APTERYX; APTERYX AUSTRALIS; APTERYX AUSTRALIS MANTELLI; PALAEOGNATHAE;

EID: 67649784295     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.06234     Document Type: Article

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