External validity and experimental design: The sensitive phase for song learning

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 487-491

  Nelson, Douglas A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; LEARNING; ONTOGENY; SONG;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

EID: 0032144113     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0805     Document Type: Article

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