Paired male song sparrows sing more when their mate is incubating

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 819-822

  Foote, Jennifer R ^a,c   Barber, Colleen A ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; INCUBATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE GUARDING; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; SONG; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

AVES; MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 72649104983     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/08-137.1     Document Type: Article

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