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Non-Breeding Song Rate Reflects Nutritional Condition Rather than Body Condition

Numerous studies have focused on song in songbirds as a signal involved in mate choice and intrasexual competition. It is expected that song traits such as song rate reflect individual quality by being dependent on energetic state or condition. While seasonal variation in bird song (i.e., breeding v...

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Autores principales: Van Hout, Alain J.-M., Pinxten, Rianne, Geens, Ann, Eens, Marcel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3348915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22590563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036547