Bachelor and paired male rufous-and-white wrens use different singing strategies

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-159

  Hennin, Holly L ^a,b   Barker, Nicole K S ^a   Bradley, David W ^a   Mennill, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Bachelor; Bird song; Mate attraction signals; Vocal duetting

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; MATE ATTRACTION; MONOGAMY; PAIR BOND; SIGNALING; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

COSTA RICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; THRYOTHORUS RUFALBUS;

EID: 77950539909     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0832-4     Document Type: Article

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