Birdsong performance and the evolution of simple (rather than elaborate) sexual signals

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 679-686

  Cardoso, Gonçalo C ^a   Hu, Yang ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Birdsong; Evolutionary diversification; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; EMBERIZINAE; PHYLLOSCOPUS SIBILATRIX;

EID: 80054940049     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662160     Document Type: Article

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