Song Learning in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata): Progress and Prospects

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue C, 1988, Pages 1-34

  Slater, Peter J B ^a   Eales, Lucy A ^a   Clayton, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 12744252346     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(08)60308-3     Document Type: Article

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