The role of social interaction in bird song learning

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 224-228

  Beecher, Michael D ^a   Burt, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Bird song; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144314768     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2004.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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