The avian song system in comparative perspective

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1016, Issue , 2004, Pages 61-76

  Farries, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian brain; Evolution; Oscine; Pallium; Song system; Telencephalon; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOREBRAIN; FOWL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SONGBIRD;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PASSERI;

EID: 3242666033     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1298.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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