A test of the signal transmission hypothesis of vocal imitation in the white-eyed vireo (Vireo griseus)

This study compared male response to playback and interspecific vocal imitation in two White-eyed Vireo populations, in southwestern Virginia and eastern North Carolina. White-eyed Vireos are hypothesized to imitate notes from other birds which transmit efficiently through dense habitat. Male White-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kirby, Alice
Other Authors: Biology
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33712
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06232009-063231/