Element repertoire: Change and development with age in Whitethroat Sylvia communis song

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 469-476

  Balsby, Thorsten Johannes Skovbjerg ^a   Hansen, Poul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Natural History Museum Aarhus   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age; Delayed maturation; Song development; Song repertoire; Sylvia communis; Whitethroat

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRD; MATURATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG;

DASYNOTUS; SYLVIA COMMUNIS;

EID: 77951879745     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0481-4     Document Type: Article

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