Developmental stress impairs song complexity but not learning accuracy in non-domesticated zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-400

  Zann, R ^a   Cash, E ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird song; Domestication; Early nutritional deficiency; Learning accuracy; Song complexity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; COMPLEXITY; DOMESTIC SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD LIMITATION; LEARNING; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; SONGBIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 37349051075     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0467-2     Document Type: Article

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