Differential effects of moving versus stationary territorial intruders on territory defence in a songbird

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-87

  Amrhein, Valentin ^a,b   Lerch, Sabine ^a,b  

^a Research Station Petite Camargue Alsacienne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bird song; Communication; Dawn chorus; Interactive playback; Loser effect; Simulated intruder; Winner effect

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOVEMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SONGBIRDS; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 72449204234     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01629.x     Document Type: Article

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