Habitat-related birdsong divergence: A multi-level study on the influence of territory density and ambient noise in European blackbirds

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-418

  Ripmeester, Erwin A P ^a   Kok, Jet S ^a   van Rijssel, Jacco C ^a   Slabbekoorn, Hans ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acoustic variation; Anthropogenic noise; Habitat related song divergence; Season; Territory density; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AMBIENT NOISE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIVERGENCE; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYBRIDIZATION; SONG; SONGBIRD; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TERRITORIALITY; URBANIZATION;

AVES; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 75549083221     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0857-8     Document Type: Article

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