Pitch Discrimination in Field- and Isolation-Reared Black-Capped Chickadees (Parus atricapillus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 294-301

  Njegovan, Milan ^a   Weisman, Ron ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001451696     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.111.3.294     Document Type: Article

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