Tutor model syntax influences the syntactical and phonological structure of crystallized songs of white-crowned sparrows

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1815-1827

  Plamondon, Stephanie L ^a   Goller, Franz ^a   Rose, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

bird song; phonology; song template; syntax; vocal learning; white crowned sparrow; Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; SONG; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS ORIANTHA;

EID: 56049114661     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.07.029     Document Type: Article

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