Immigration and dispersal are key determinants of cultural diversity in a songbird population

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 744-753

  Fayet, Annette L ^a   Tobias, Joseph A ^a   Hintzen, Rogier E ^b   Seddon, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

birdsong; cultural evolution; dispersal; great tit; immigration; repertoire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904558444     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru047     Document Type: Article

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