Song complexity in male marsh warblers: Does it reflect male quality?;Komplexität im Gesang männlicher Sumpfrohrsänger: Zeigt sie die Qualität des Männchens an?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 431-439

  Darolová, Alžbeta ^a   Krištofík, Ján ^a   Hoi, Herbert ^b   Wink, Michael ^c  

^a Inst Zool Slovak Acad of Sci   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus palustris; Female choice; Marsh warbler; Song complexity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COMPLEXITY; FEMALE; MALE; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS PALUSTRIS; AVES;

EID: 84860480504     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0759-1     Document Type: Article

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