Pair duets in the yellow-naped amazon (Amazona auropalliata): Phonology and syntax

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-228

  Wright, Timothy F ^a   Dahlin, Christine R ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial syntax; Pair duet; Parrot; Yellow naped amazon

Indexed keywords

AMAZONA AUROPALLIATA; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 33947183354     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907779947346     Document Type: Article

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