How postdispersal social environment may influence acoustic variation in birdsong

Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice: An Integrated Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gammon, David E ^a  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic variation; Birdsong; Chickadees; Parids; Postdispersal; Social environment

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EID: 84920753448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198569992.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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