Trill performance components vary with age, season, and motivation in the banded wren

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-419

  Vehrencamp, S L ^a,e   Yantachka, J ^b,e   Hall, M L ^c,e   de Kort, S R ^d,e  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency bandwidth; Motor performance; Song quality; Thryophilus pleurostictus; Trade off; Trill note consistency; Vocal deviation

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGGRESSION; BREEDING SEASON; PASSERINE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; TIMESCALE; TRADE-OFF;

THRYOTHORUS PLEUROSTICTUS;

EID: 84873992688     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1461-x     Document Type: Article

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