Is there variation in the response to contact call playbacks across the hybrid zone of the parrot Platycercus elegans?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 399-407

  Ribot, Raoul F H ^a,c   Berg, Mathew L ^a,c   Buchanan, Katherine L ^b,c   Bennett, Andrew T D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOACOUSTICS; BIRD; COLOR MORPH; HYBRID ZONE; HYBRIDIZATION; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SUBSPECIES; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; PLATYCERCUS ELEGANS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 84880042003     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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