Social stimulation modulates the use of the 'A' phrase in male canary songs

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 10-11, 1999, Pages 1325-1334

  Kreutzer, Michel ^a   Beme, Irina ^a,b   Vallet, Eric ^a   Kiosseva, Lazoura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0039134611     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999500749     Document Type: Article

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