Syntactic structure in birdsong: Memetic evolution of songs or grammars?

Journal of Memetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-22

  Majoros, William ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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CARPODACUS MEXICANUS;

EID: 2942644492     PISSN: 13664786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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