Are there age-related differences in the song repertoire size of Eurasian blackbirds?

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-210

  Hesler, Nana ^a   Mundry, Roger ^b   Dabelsteen, Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Blackbird; Male quality; Repertoire; Song; Turdus merula

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 84866729837     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-012-0127-z     Document Type: Article

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