Song-type sharing in song sparrows: Implications for repertoire function and song learning

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 437-446

  Hughes, Melissa ^a,d   Nowicki, Stephen ^b   Searcy, William A ^c   Peters, Susan ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Geographic variation; Repertoires; Song learning; Song sharing

Indexed keywords

BIRD; INTRASPECTIFIC GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; SONG REPERTOIRE; SONG SHARING;

USA;

MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 0031834242     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050458     Document Type: Article

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