Song Amplitude of Rival Males Modulates the Territorial Behaviour of Great Tits During the Fertile Period of Their Mates

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-202

  Ritschard, Mathias ^a   van Oers, Kees ^b   Naguib, Marc ^b,c   Brumm, Henrik ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; TERRITORY;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84855364142     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01999.x     Document Type: Article

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