Dunnocks discriminate between the songs of familiar individuals without directional cues

Behaviour

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-296

  Langmore, N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032398542     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853998793066267     Document Type: Article

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