Male and female contact calls differentially influence behaviour in a cockatoo, the Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus)

Emu

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 281-287

  Scarl, Judith C ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Parrot; Sex; Sex differences; Vocalisation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CANBERRA;

AVES; EOLOPHUS ROSEICAPILLUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 72149127631     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU08067     Document Type: Article

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