Identification of vocal individuality in male cuckoos using different analytical techniques

Identification of vocal individuality in male cuckoos using different analytical techniques

Abstract Background Individuality in vocalizations may provide an effective tool for surveying populations of the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) but there remains few data on which technique to use to identify individuality. In this research, we compared the within- and between-individual variation...

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Main Authors: Yang Li, Canwei Xia, Huw Lloyd, Donglai Li, Yanyun Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Avian Research
Subjects:
Vocal individuality
Avian acoustics
Common Cuckoo
Correlation analysis
Discriminant function analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40657-017-0079-0

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