Concurrent Absolute and Relative Pitch Processing by European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-146

  MacDougall Shackleton, Scott A ^a   Hulse, Stewart H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0007495265     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.110.2.139     Document Type: Article

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