Functionally similar acoustic signals in the corncrake (Crex crex) transmit information about different states of the sender during aggressive interactions

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 706-712

  Rek, Paweł ^a   Osiejuk, Tomasz S ^a   Budka, Michał ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Corncrake; Crex crex; Information content; Signal meaning; Signaling; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FLUTAMIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREX CREX; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FLUTAMIDE; MALE; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 80555122842     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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