Age- and sex-related variation in song-control regions in Cassin's finches, Carpodacus cassinii

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 262-267

  MacDougall Shackleton, Scott A ^a   Ball, Gregory F ^c   Edmonds, Eric ^c   Sul, Raeme ^b   Hahn, Thomas P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Birdsong; Brain behavior correlation; Carpodacus cassinii; Cassin's finch; Vocal control system

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY; VOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TELENCEPHALON; TESTIS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; CARPODACUS CASSINII; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 18644381679     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084644     Document Type: Article

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