Song, sexual selection, and a song control nucleus (HVc) in the brains of european sedge warblers

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-6

  Airey, David C ^a   Buchanan, Katherine L ^b   Szekely, Tamas ^c   Catchpole, Clive K ^b   DeVoogd, Timothy J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary neurobiology; Female choice; HVc size; Repertoire size; Sedge warbler

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGING; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0033947781     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4695(200007)44:1<1::AID-NEU1>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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