Bioacoustic distances between the begging calls of brood parasites and their host species: A comparison of metrics and techniques

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1915-1926

  Ranjard, Louis ^a   Anderson, Michael G ^b   Rayner, Matt J ^a,c   Payne, Robert B ^d   McLean, Ian ^e   Briskie, James V ^f   Ross, Howard A ^a   Brunton, Dianne H ^b   Woolley, Sarah M N ^g   Hauber, Mark E ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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

^h CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Begging call; Bioacoustics distance; Brood parasite; Spectro temporal modulation; Spectrogram alignment

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACOUSTICS; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MIMICRY; PASSERINE; PERCEPTION; PHYLOGENETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

CUCULIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 77958006122     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1065-2     Document Type: Article

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