Age-dependent effects of song exposure: Song crystallization sets a boundary between fast and delayed vocal imitation

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 971-979

  Todt, Dietmar ^a   Geberzahn, Nicole ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMITATION; JUVENILE; LEARNING; MEMORY; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; PASSERI;

EID: 0038662708     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2127     Document Type: Article

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