Ecological and phylogenetic effects on song sharing in songbirds

Ethology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-238

  Handley, Heather G ^a   Nelson, Douglas A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEARNING; PHYLOGENETICS; SONG; SONGBIRD;

FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERI;

EID: 13944257859     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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