Linking social complexity and vocal complexity: A parid perspective

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1597, 2012, Pages 1879-1891

  Krams, Indrikis ^a,b   Krama, Tatjana ^b   Freeberg, Todd M ^c   Kullberg, Cecilia ^d   Lucas, Jeffrey R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Flock; Information; Parid; Social organization; Vocal complexity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COMPLEXITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; PARIDAE; PARUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 84861557988     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0222     Document Type: Review

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