Acoustic transmission of the chick-a-dee call of the Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus): Forest structure and note function

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 788-794

  Proppe, D S ^a   Bloomfield, L L ^a   Sturdy, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADAPTATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 77958032824     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-047     Document Type: Article

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