A method to measure the development of song preferences in female cowbirds, Molothrus ater

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 181-188

  White, David J ^a   Gros Louis, Julie ^a   King, Andrew P ^a   West, Meredith J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD;

MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERI;

EID: 33745227312     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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