A Test of the Nonlinearity Hypothesis in Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus)

Ethology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 309-315

  Slaughter, Emily I ^a   Berlin, Erin R ^a   Bower, Jonathan T ^a   Blumstein, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOACOUSTICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NONLINEARITY; PASSERINE; WHITE NOISE;

ANIMALIA; QUISCALUS; QUISCALUS MEXICANUS; TYRANNUS MELANCHOLICUS;

EID: 84875056774     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12066     Document Type: Article

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