The importance of development: What songbirds can teach us

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-79

  MacDougall Shackleton, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Birdsong; HVC; Song control system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMITATION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LEARNING; MALE; MATE CHOICE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 63149090519     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015414     Document Type: Article

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