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Ripmeester, E. A. P. (2009, December 15). Song and the city : a comparison between urban and forest blackbirds. Leiden. Retrieved from
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Song and the city:
a comparison between urban and forest blackbirds
Erwin Ripmeester
ISBN/EAN: 978-90-9024859-2
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Song and the city:
a comparison between urban and forest blackbirds
PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden
op gezag van de Rector Magnificus Prof. Mr. P.F. van der Heijden,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op dinsdag 15 december 2009
klokke 16:15 uur
door
Erwin Adriaan Pieter Ripmeester
geboren te Breda in 1980
Overige leden: Prof. Dr. Paul M. Brakefield
Prof. Dr. Marcel Eens (Universiteit van Antwerpen, België)
Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Podos (Universiteit van Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten) Prof. Dr. Geert R. de Snoo
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction, thesis overview and synthesis
Chapter 2 Habitat-dependent acoustic divergence affects playback response in urban and forest populations of the European blackbird.
Chapter 3 Do blackbirds signal motivation to fight with their song?
Chapter 4 Habitat-related birdsong divergence: a multi-level study on the influence of territory density and ambient noise in European blackbirds.
Chapter 5 Morphological and genetic differentiation between urban and forest blackbirds.
References
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