The cultural transmission of courtship patterns in cowbirds, Molothrus ater

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1063-1073

  Freeberg, Todd M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; COURTSHIP; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; PASSERINE;

UNITED STATES;

MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 0032212726     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0870     Document Type: Article

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