Low-amplitude song predicts attack in a North American wood warbler

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 821-828

  Hof, David ^a   Hazlett, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive signalling; Birdsong; Black throated blue warbler; Dendroica caerulescens; Reliability; Soft song

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOACOUSTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DENDROICA CAERULESCENS; EMBERIZINAE; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE; PHYLLOSCOPUS SIBILATRIX;

EID: 77957777224     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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