Spatial and age-related variation in use of locally common song elements in dawn singing of song sparrows Melospiza melodia: Old males sing the hits

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2149-2160

  Lapierre, Janet M ^a   Mennill, Daniel J ^b   MacDougall Shackleton, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditional sharing hypothesis; Conventional signals; General sharing hypothesis; Repertoire size hypothesis; Song repertoires; Song sharing

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGGRESSION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION; SIGNAL; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION;

MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA MELODIA; PASSERI;

EID: 80054002949     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1223-1     Document Type: Article

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