Failure to detect seasonal changes in the song system nuclei of the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 991-1001

  Smulders, T V ^a,b   Lisi, M D ^a   Tricomi, E ^a   Otter, K A ^c,d   Chruszcz, B ^c   Ratcliffe, L M ^c   DeVoogd, T J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neuroethology; Paridae; Sexual dimorphism; Social organization; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ETHOLOGY; FEMALE; GONAD; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SONGBIRD; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; MALE; NEW YORK; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33747126140     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20281     Document Type: Article

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