The influence of the acoustic community on songs of birds in a neotropical rain forest

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 864-871

  Luther, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Acoustic partitioning; Background noise; Bird song; Neotropical birds

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DIVERGENCE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; RAINFOREST; SONGBIRD;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 67651100706     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp074     Document Type: Article

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