The capacity for song memorization varies in populations of the same species

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 379-387

  Nelson, Douglas A ^a   Whaling, Carol ^b   Marler, Peter ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

MEMORY; SONG;

EID: 0030201376     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0182     Document Type: Article

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