Vocal distinctiveness and information coding in a suboscine with multiple song types: Eastern wood-pewee

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 835-840

  Clark, J Alan ^a   Leung, Justina ^a,b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION; SONG; SONGBIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 82955240805     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/11-059.1     Document Type: Article

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