Vocal mimicry in songbirds

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 521-528

  Kelley, Laura A ^a   Coe, Rebecca L ^a   Madden, Joah R ^b   Healy, Susan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

call convergence; learning; song; songbird; vocal mimicry; vocalization

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; MIMICRY; SONG; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 49149102069     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.04.012     Document Type: Review

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