Song Syntax in Bengalese Finches: Proximate and Ultimate Analyses

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue , 2004, Pages 297-346

  Okanoya, Kazuo ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 28844478781     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(04)34008-8     Document Type: Article

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