Bird song as a possible cultural mechanism for speciation

Journal of Memetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-139

  Vaneechoutte, Mario ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bird song; Culture; Genetic polymorphism; Nongenetically encoded behaviour; Speciation

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 3242757487     PISSN: 13664786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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