Territoriality, Social Bonds, and the Evolution of Communal Signaling in Birds
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Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK, 3 School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK, 4 Bristol Zoological Society, Bristol Zoo Gardens, Bristol, UK, Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 6 Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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