Male canaries discriminate among songs: Call rate is a reliable measure

Behaviour

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-63

  Parisot, Maelle ^a   Vallet, Eric ^a   Nagle, Laurent ^a   Kreutzer, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

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EID: 0036000957     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685390252902274     Document Type: Article

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