Open-Ended Categorization of Chick-A-Dee Calls by Black-Capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapilla)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 290-301

  Bloomfield, Laurie L ^a,c   Sturdy, Christopher B ^b,c   Phillmore, Leslie S ^a,d   Weisman, Ronald G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0141636462     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.117.3.290     Document Type: Article

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