Song perch height in rufous-and-white wrens: Does behaviour enhance effective communication in a tropical forest?

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 897-904

  Barker, Nicole K S ^a   Mennill, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SIGNALING; SONGBIRD; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; THRYOTHORUS RUFALBUS;

EID: 68949122872     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01674.x     Document Type: Article

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