Song divergence of two Bluethroat subspecies (Luscinia s. svecica and L. s. cyanecula)

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 168-179

  Turčoková, Lucia ^a   Osiejuk, Tomasz S ^b   Pavel, Václav ^a   Glapan, Jakub ^b   Petrusková, Tereza ^c  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT TYPE; SONG; SONGBIRD; SUBSPECIES; TUNDRA;

AVES; LUSCINIA; LUSCINIA SVECICA; PASSERI;

EID: 78651347417     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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