Mimicry as a novel pathway linking Biodiversity functions and individual behavioural performances

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1708, 2011, Pages 1072-1081

  Laiolo, Paola ^a   Obeso, José Ramón ^a   Roggia, Yari ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic mimicry; Biodiversity functions; Birdsong; Community ecology; Sexual selection; Social facilitation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CONSPECIFIC; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SONG; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ACOUSTICS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LEARNING; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PASSERIFORMES; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 79956226888     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1653     Document Type: Article

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