Chickadee vocal production and perception: An integrative approach to understanding acoustic communication

Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice: An Integrated Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sturdy, Christopher B ^a   Bloomfield, Laurie L ^a   Charrier, Isabelle ^a   Lee, Tiffany T Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Call perception; Call production; Chickadees; Song perception; Song production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920752669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198569992.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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