Song characterization in the spectacled warbler (Sylvia conspicillata): A circum-Mediterranean species with a complex song structure

Bioacoustics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-191

  Palmero, Ana María ^a,b,c   Illera, Juan Carlos ^a,c   Laiolo, Paola ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic differentiation; Complex song; Fuerteventura; Repertoire size; Song characterization; Sylvia conspicillata

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; DOMINANCE; PASSERINE; SONG; SPECTROMETRY; TERRITORY;

MADEIRA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PORTUGAL;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; SYLVIA CONSPICILLATA;

EID: 84872443006     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2012.668772     Document Type: Article

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