Dominance signalled in an acoustic ornament

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 657-664

  Hoeschele, Marisa ^a   Moscicki, Michele K ^a   Otter, Ken A ^b   van Oort, Harry ^b   Fort, Kevin T ^b   Farrell, Tara M ^a   Lee, Homan ^a   Robson, Scott W J ^a   Sturdy, Christopher B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

advertisement; black capped chickadee; communication; dominance; Poecile atricapillus

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; COMMUNICATION; DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

APOIDEA; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PASSERI;

EID: 76449095490     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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