Learning by instruction or selection: Implications for patterns of geographic variation in bird song

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1137-1160

  Nelson, Douglas A ^a   Khanna, Hitesh ^b   Marler, Peter ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035730052     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853901753287172     Document Type: Article

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