Call mimicry by Eastern Towhees and its significance in relation to auditory learning

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 431-434

  Greenlaw, Jon S ^a   Shackelford, Clifford E ^b,c   Brown, Raymond E ^b  

^a Southern Research Station ^*  (United States)

^b Southern Research Station   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MIMICRY; VOCALIZATION;

CYANOCITTA CRISTATA; PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS; TOXOSTOMA RUFUM; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 0031684689     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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