Environmental variability and acoustic signals: A multi-level approach in songbirds

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 928-931

  Medina, Iliana ^a,b   Francis, Clinton D ^a  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic adaptation; Birdsong; Environmental variability; Selection; Sensory drive; Song variation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOACOUSTICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; SONGBIRD;

EID: 84869753365     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0522     Document Type: Article

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