Sexual dimorphism and species differences in HVC volumes of cowbirds

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1095-1099

  Hauber, Mark E ^d   Kacelnik, Alex ^b   DeVoogd, Timothy J ^e   Clayton, Nicola S ^a   Reboreda, Juan C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e Cornell University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0343851557     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.113.5.1095     Document Type: Article

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