Singing direction as a tool to investigate the function of birdsong: An experiment on sedge warblers

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 653-659

  Brumm, Henrik ^a,b   Robertson, Kathryn A ^a   Nemeth, Erwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Acrocephalus schoenobaenus; Birdsong; Directional communication; Sedge warbler; Sound radiation; Vocal directionality

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; MATE ATTRACTION; SIGNAL; SONGBIRD; SOUND PROPAGATION; TERRITORY;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 79851513399     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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