Alarm calls of the Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus: Variation with nesting stage and predator model

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 853-863

  Fasanella, Mariana ^a   Fernández, Gustavo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acoustic signal; Alarm calls; Communication; Nesting cycle; Troglodytes musculus

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOACOUSTICS; CALLING BEHAVIOR; NESTING; SONGBIRD;

AVES; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES MUSCULUS;

EID: 70349741028     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0406-2     Document Type: Article

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