A Neuroethological Approach to Song Behavior and Perception in European Starlings: Interrelationships Among Testosterone, Neuroanatomy, Immediate Early Gene Expression, and Immune Function

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue , 2006, Pages 59-121

  Ball, Gregory F ^a   Sockman, Keith W ^b   Duffy, Deborah L ^c   Gentner, Timothy Q ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33751371791     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(06)36002-0     Document Type: Review

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