The form and function of duets and choruses in Red-backed Fairy-wrens

Emu

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 282-293

  Dowling, Jenélle L ^a   Webster, Michael S ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TAXONOMY; TERRITORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84882373200     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU12082     Document Type: Article

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