Can a sexually dimorphic learned birdsong be used for male-female recognition?

Behaviour

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 833-844

  Yamaguchi, Ayako ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0032345442     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853998792640387     Document Type: Article

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