Is quantity of song type use in adult birds related to singing during development?

Behaviour

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 593-602

  Geberzahn, Nicole ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Biologie   (Germany)

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EID: 0043071357     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853903322149450     Document Type: Article

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