Female response to song reflects male developmental history in swamp sparrows

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1343-1349

  Searcy, William A ^a   Peters, Susan ^b   Kipper, Silke ^c   Nowicki, Stephen ^b  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Bird song; Developmental stress; Sexual selection; Song development

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; COURTSHIP; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HATCHING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA; PASSERI;

EID: 77954539910     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0949-5     Document Type: Article

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