The volumes of song control nuclei, HVC and lMAN, relate to differential behavioral responses of female European starlings to male songs produced within and outside of the breeding season

Brain Research

Volumn 978, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 91-98

  Riters, Lauren V ^a   Teague, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Discrimination; Female perception; Season; Song control nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SPRING; TAPE RECORDER; VOICE;

EID: 0038771187     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02771-9     Document Type: Article

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