| Abstract: | Results confirmed pairing as the primary factor influencing perch-cooing rates of wild mourning doves (Zenaida macroura). Marked unmated males cooed at substantially higher rates (6.2x) than mated males, had greater probability of cooing (2.3x) during 3-minute periods, and continued cooing longer each morning than mated males. Population density was not a major factor affecting cooing. Unmated males cooed more frequently in the presence of other cooing doves (P < 0.05) than when alone, but the number of additional doves above 1 was unimportant. Cooing rates of both mated and unmated males on areas with dissimilar dove densities were not significantly different. Within limits of standard call-count procedure, weather exerted no detectable influence on cooing. |
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| ProdID: | 5220856 |
| Citation Author: | Sayre, M.W.; Atkinson, R.D.; Baskett, T.S.; Haas, G.H. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Wildlife Management |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Reappraising factors affecting mourning dove perch coos; 1978; Article; Journal; Journal of Wildlife Management; Sayre, M.W.; Atkinson, R.D.; Baskett, T.S.; Haas, G.H. |
| Citation Start Page: | 884 |
| Citation Volume: | 42 |
| Citation Year: | 1978 |
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| Text: | Reappraising factors affecting mourning dove perch coos; 1978; Article; Journal; Journal of Wildlife Management; Sayre, M.W.; Atkinson, R.D.; Baskett, T.S.; Haas, G.H. |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3800778 |
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