Does twitter song amplitude signal male arousal in redwings (Turdus iliacus)?

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-365

  Lampe, H M ^a   Balsby, T J S ^b   Espmark, Y O ^c   Dabelsteen, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Interactive playback; Redwing; Song amplitude; Turdus iliacus; Twitter song

Indexed keywords

AVES; TURDUS; TURDUS ILIACUS;

EID: 76949103321     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579509X12574305163567     Document Type: Article

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