Song development in the grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1479-1489

  Soha, Jill A ^a   Lohr, Bernard ^b   Gill, Douglas E ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus savannarum; grasshopper sparrow; song learning; vocal development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; LEARNING; MALE BEHAVIOR; SONG; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; AVES;

EID: 67349284334     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.021     Document Type: Article

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