Sexually selected signaling in birds: A case for Bayesian change-point analysis of behavioral routines

Auk

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 660-669

  Roth, Tobias ^a,b   Sprau, Philipp ^c,d   Naguib, Marc ^c,e   Amrhein, Valentin ^a,b  

^a Research Station Petite Camargue Alsacienne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Female arrival; Luscinia megarhynchos; Model based approach; Nightingale; Piecewise regression; State space models; Switch point analyses

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS;

EID: 84978983271     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.12041     Document Type: Article

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