Interval singing links to phenotypic quality in a songbird

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 45, 2016, Pages 12763-12767

  Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bird song; Evolution of music; Melodies; Overtones; Parus major

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SINGING; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84994496420     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1610062113     Document Type: Article

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