Song type sharing in common nightingales, Luscinia megarhynchos, and its implications for cultural evolution

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 427-434

  Sprau, Philipp ^a,b   Mundry, Roger ^b,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Common nightingale; Communication; Cultural evolution; Luscinia megarhynchos; Repertoire composition; Song sharing

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; LEARNING; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SIGNAL; SONGBIRD;

LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; PASSERI;

EID: 77955568937     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.05.028     Document Type: Article

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