Does Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) Preference for the (Familiar) Father's Song Generalize to the Songs of Unfamiliar Brothers?

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-66

  Riebel, Katharina ^a   Smallegange, Isabel M ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0042853185     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.117.1.61     Document Type: Article

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