Sharing songs within a local dialect does not hinder neighbour-stranger discrimination in ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana) males

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-351

  Skierczyński, Michał ^a   Osiejuk, Tomasz S ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dialect; Neighbour stranger discrimination; Repertoire size; Song sharing; Within song type variation

Indexed keywords

AVES; EMBERIZA; EMBERIZA HORTULANA; PASSERI;

EID: 76949086909     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579509X12549112908535     Document Type: Article

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