Whistle duration and consistency reflect philopatry and harem size in great reed warblers

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1363-1372

  Wegrzyn, Ewa ^a   Leniowski, Konrad ^b   Osiejuk, Tomasz S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Great reed warbler; Philopatry; Syllable performance; Vocal behaviour

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FAMILIARITY; HAREM; LONGEVITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHILOPATRY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 79952532565     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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