Case studies of song and call learning by a hybrid Bengalese-Zebra Finch and Bengalese-fostered Zebra Finches: Assessing innate factors in vocal learning

Ornithological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-93

  Takahasi, Miki ^a   Okanoya, Kazuo ^a,e,f   Kagawa, Hiroko ^b,c   Ikebuchi, Maki ^b,c,d  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bengalese Finch; Courtship songs; Cross fostering; Distance calls; Hybrid; Zebra Finch

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849253450     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.5.85     Document Type: Article

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