Strategies of song adaptation to urban noise in the house finch: Syllable pitch plasticity or differential syllable use?

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1269-1286

  Bermúdez Cuamatzin, Eira ^a   Ríos Chelén, Alejandro Ariel ^a   Gil, Diego ^b   Garcia, Constantino MacÍas ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Carpodacus mexicanus; House finch; Pitch plasticity; Urban noise

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS;

EID: 70149087530     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853909X423104     Document Type: Article

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