The functional role and female perception of male song in Zebra Finches

Emu

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-218

  Hauber, Mark E ^a   Campbell, Dana L M ^a   Woolley, Sarah M N ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bengalese Finch; female choice; genome; Lonchura striata vars. domestica; neuroethology; sexual selection; Taeniopygia guttata

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MALE; NEUROLOGY; PASSERINE; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH WORK; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; ESTRILDIDAE; FRINGILLIDAE; LONCHURA STRIATA; LONCHURA STRIATA DOMESTICA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 77955896392     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU10003     Document Type: Review

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