Song learning by chipping sparrows: When, where, and from whom

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 509-517

  Liu, Wan Chun ^a,b   Kroodsma, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chipping sparrow; Instructive learning; Selective learning; Song learning; Song sharing; Spizella passerina

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE; SPIZELLA; SPIZELLA PASSERINA;

EID: 33748042603     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0252-9602(06)60076-3     Document Type: Article

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