Non-vocal shaping of avian song development: Parallels to human speech development

Ethology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-117

  King, Andrew P ^a   West, Meredith J ^a   Goldstein, Michael H ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; MALE BEHAVIOR; SONG;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 13744258925     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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