Motor mechanisms of a vocal mimic: Implications for birdsong production

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1538, 2004, Pages 483-491

  Zollinger, Sue Anne ^a   Suthers, Roderick A ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mockingbird; Motor constraints; Motor lateralization; Vocal mimicry

Indexed keywords

SONGBIRD;

AIRFLOW; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS; PASSERI;

EID: 1442283847     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2598     Document Type: Article

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