Singing to impress: The importance of developmental stress

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-15

  Spencer, K A ^a   MacDougall Shackleton, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE ATTRACTION; SIGNALING; SONG;

EID: 79952493170     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq116     Document Type: Review

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