Response of the telencephalic neurons of the budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus to species-specific warble song elements

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-19

  Eda Fujiwara, Hiroko ^a   Kinoshita, Michiyo ^a   Okumura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0030934625     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.13     Document Type: Article

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