Influence of auditory stimulation on the development of syntactical and temporal features in European starling song

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 450-456

  Böhner, Jörg ^a   Todt, Dietmar ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0001148985     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088911     Document Type: Article

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