Note types and coding in parid vocalizations: The chick-a-dee call of the Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-160

  Moscicki, Michele K ^a   Hoeschele, Marisa ^a   Sturdy, Christopher B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bioacoustics; communication; Mexican Chickadee; Poecile

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PASSERINE; VOCALIZATION;

PARIDAE; PARUS SCLATERI; POECILE; POECILE SCLATERI;

EID: 79551676753     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164510X551282     Document Type: Article

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