Song discrimination learning in zebra finches induces highly divergent responses to novel songs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1607, 2007, Pages 295-301

  Verzijden, Machteld N ^a   Etman, Eric ^a   Van Heijningen, Caroline ^a   Van Der Linden, Marianne ^a   Ten Cate, Carel ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Generalization; Peak shift; Receiver psychology; Sensory exploitation; Signal evolution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEARNING; PASSERINE; SIGNALING; SONG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FINCH; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 39049177544     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3728     Document Type: Article

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