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Vegetational correlates of variation in the song of Zonotrichia capensis

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1. Geographical variation in the song of Zonotrichia capensis, the Rufous-Collared Sparrow, in northwestern Argentina is discussed. Boundaries between song ‘dialects’ appear to have been stable for at least 10 years. 2. The pattern of song change previously described on a transect across the Aconquija mountains is shown to be duplicated on similar transects elsewhere in these mountains. The association of song types with features of the environment is supported.

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  1. Zoology Department, University of Western Ontario, N6A 5B7, London, Ontario, Canada

    Paul Handford

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Handford, P. Vegetational correlates of variation in the song of Zonotrichia capensis . Behav Ecol Sociobiol 8, 203–206 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00299831

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