Early learning of discrete call variants in red crossbills: Implications for reliable signaling

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-166

  Sewall, Kendra B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Call learning; Contact call; Family specific call; Flight call; Red crossbill

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FLIGHT; GENETIC VARIATION; IMITATION; MORPHOLOGY; NESTLING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SIGNALING; SONG; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; LOXIA; LOXIA CURVIROSTRA;

EID: 78651487169     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1022-0     Document Type: Article

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