Male song sparrows Melospiza melodia do not announce their female's fertility

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 483-486

  Turner, Wendy C ^a   Barber, Colleen A ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; MALE BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; SONG;

MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 8744301936     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03364.x     Document Type: Article

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