Song length variation serves multiple functions in the white-crowned sparrow

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1103-1111

  Nelson, Douglas A ^a   Poesel, Angelika ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird song; Conventional signal; Puget sound; Song length; Song repertoire; Strategic signal; White crowned sparrow; Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AVOIDANCE REACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SIGNAL; SONG; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AVES; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS PUGETENSIS;

EID: 79954986190     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1120-z     Document Type: Article

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