Duty cycle, not signal structure, explains conspecific and heterospecific responses to the calls of Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 784-790

  Wilson, David R ^a   Mennill, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

alarm signal; animal communication; chickadee; information encoding; signal

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CONSPECIFIC; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARIDAE; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 79959454528     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr051     Document Type: Article

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