Degradation of great tit (Parus major) song before and after foliation: Implications for vocal communication in a deciduous forest

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 935-958

  Blumenrath, Sandra H ^a   Dabelsteen, Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Communication networks; Foliation; Great tit; Perch height; Ranging; Sound degradation

Indexed keywords

EID: 9644272762     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539042360152     Document Type: Article

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