Early Experience and Plasticity of Song in Adult Male Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 354-369

  Jones, Alex E ^a,d   Ten Cate, Carel ^b,c   Slater, Peter J B ^a,d  

^a ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000775911     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.110.4.354     Document Type: Article

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