Ecological influences on vocal development in the white-crowned sparrow

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-36

  Nelson, Douglas A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; ZONOTRICHIA; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS GAMBELII;

EID: 0032794281     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1118     Document Type: Article

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