Individual variation and lek-based vocal distinctiveness in songs of the screaming piha (Lipaugus Vociferans), A suboscine songbird

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 908-914

  Fitzsimmons, Lauren P ^a,b   Barker, Nicole K ^a   Mennill, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Individual variation; Lek; Lipaugus vociferans; Screaming Piha; Song learning; Suboscine songbirds

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LEK; SONG; SONGBIRD;

MADRE DE DIOS; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; TAMBOPATA;

LIPAUGUS VOCIFERANS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 70349431318     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.07128     Document Type: Article

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