Vocal communication at the nest between mates in wild zebra finches: A private vocal duet?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 597-605

  Elie, Julie E ^a,b   Mariette, Mylène M ^c   Soula, Hédi A ^d   Griffith, Simon C ^c   Mathevon, Nicolas ^a,b   Vignal, Clémentine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ENS Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Pair bond; Private communication; Reproduction; Social monogamy; Songbird; Taeniopygia guttata; Vocal duet; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; MATE GUARDING; MONOGAMY; NEST BOX; PAIR BOND; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 77956613102     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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