Wing, tail, and vocal contributions to the complex acoustic signals of courting Calliope hummingbirds

Current Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-196

  Clark, Christopher James ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calliope Hummingbird; Courtship; Multicomponent; Signal; Sonation; Wind Tunnel

Indexed keywords

STELLULA CALLIOPE;

EID: 79953290843     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/57.2.187     Document Type: Article

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