What makes vocalisation frequency an unreliable signal of body size in birds? A study on black swans

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 554-563

  Patel, Rakhee ^a   Mulder, Raoul A ^a   Cardoso, Gonçalo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; SIGNALING; VOCALIZATION; WATERFOWL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS ATRATUS;

EID: 77953735832     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01769.x     Document Type: Article

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