Auditory Scene Analysis in European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris): Discrimination of Song Segments, Their Segregation from Multiple and Reversed Conspecific Songs, and Evidence for Conspecific Song Categorization

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 337-350

  Wisniewski, Amy B ^a   Hulse, Stewart H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001767214     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.111.4.337     Document Type: Article

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