Acoustic cues to reproductive success in male owl hoots

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 907-913

  Hardouin, Loïc A ^a,b   Bretagnolle, V ^a   Tabel, P ^a   Bavoux, C ^c   Burneleau, G ^c   Reby, D ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Le Marais aux Oiseaux ^*

Author keywords

fitness; male male competition; Otus scops; scops owl; sexual call

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BODY CONDITION; FLEDGING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

OTUS; OTUS SCOPS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 70349243085     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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