Climatic Patterns Predict the Elaboration of Song Displays in Mockingbirds

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1151-1155

  Botero, Carlos A ^a,b   Boogert, Neeltje J ^c   Vehrencamp, Sandra L ^b   Lovette, Irby J ^b  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; MIMIDAE; PASSERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649861009     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.04.061     Document Type: Article

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