Modulation by steroid hormones of a "sexy" acoustic signal in an Oscine species, the Common Canary Serinus canaria

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 365-367

  Rybak, Fanny ^a   Gahr, Manfred ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common Canary; Oscines; Song; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

PASSERI; SERINUS; SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 3042611337     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652004000200026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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