Song competition changes the brain and behavior of a male songbird

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2411-2418

  Sockman, Keith W ^a   Salvante, Katrina G ^a,b   Racke, Danielle M ^a,c   Ryan Campbell, C ^a,d   Whitman, Buddy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird song; European starling (sturnus vulgaris); Intra specific competition; Neuroplasticity; Robust nucleus of the arcopallium (ra); Song Control system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; STARLING; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PROSENCEPHALON; STARLINGS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; PASSERI; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 67651055396     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.028456     Document Type: Article

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