Vocal Development in Budgerigars (Melopsittacus Undulatus): Contact Calls

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 226-241

  Brittan Powell, Elizabeth F ^a   Dooling, Robert J ^a   Farabaugh, Susan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARROT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARROTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031229901     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.111.3.226     Document Type: Article

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