Perceptual mechanisms for individual vocal recognition in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 579-594

  Gentner, Timothy Q ^a   Hulse, Stewart H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; RECOGNITION; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0032169260     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0810     Document Type: Article

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