Song-learning strategies in the Bengalese finch: do chicks choose tutors based on song complexity?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1107-1113

  Soma, Masayo ^a,b   Hiraiwa Hasegawa, Mariko ^a   Okanoya, Kazuo ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bengalese finch; cultural evolution; Estrildidae; Lonchura striata var. domestica; song learning; tutor choice

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPENSATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLEDGING; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD;

AVES; ESTRILDIDAE; LONCHURA STRIATA; LONCHURA STRIATA DOMESTICA; PASSERI;

EID: 70350041312     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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