Why birdsong is sometimes like music

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 426-443

  Baptista, Luis F ^a   Keister, Robin A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; INSTRUMENT; MUSIC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHYTHM; SINGING; SOUND; THEORY; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 22544464679     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2005.0066     Document Type: Review

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