The effect of schedules of reinforcement on the composition of spontaneous and evoked black-capped chickadee calls

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3016-3025

  Proppe, Darren S ^a   Sturdy, Christopher B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SONGBIRD; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MALE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SONGBIRDS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PASSERI;

EID: 69549122793     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.031724     Document Type: Article

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