Female zebra finches prefer high-amplitude song

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 877-883

  Ritschard, M ^a   Riebel, K ^b   Brumm, H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

female song preference; mate choice; operant conditioning; signal degradation; song amplitude; Taeniopygia guttata; zebra finch

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 77949491310     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.038     Document Type: Article

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