Complexity in the chick-a-dee call of carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis): Associations of context and signaler behavior to call structure

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 896-907

  Freeberg, Todd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carolina Chickadee; Chick a dee call; Communication; Context; Parus; Poecile carolinensis; Signal

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PARIDAE; PARUS; PARUS CAROLINENSIS; POECILE;

EID: 68049098954     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.07025     Document Type: Article

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