Impaired recovery of syllable repertoires after unilateral lesions of the HVC of male domesticated canaries

Animal Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-128

  Halle, F ^a   Gahr, M ^b   Kreutzer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Canary; Female preferences; Hemispheric specialisation; HVC; Learning; Lesions

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SONG; SONGBIRD;

PASSERI;

EID: 1342331226     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075603769700322     Document Type: Article

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