Auditory preference for conspecific song in isolation-reared zebra finches

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-111

  Braaten, Richard F ^a   Reynolds, Kerry ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; PASSERINE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SONG;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; STURNUS VULGARIS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0032804302     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1134     Document Type: Article

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