Spatial associations provide a context for social learning of courtship patterns in brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Freeberg, Todd M ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38349129572     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0735-7036.113.3.327     Document Type: Article

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