Male bias in the song control system despite female bias in song rate in streak-backed orioles (Icterus pustulatus)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 168-175

  Hall, Zachary J ^a   MacDougall Shackleton, Scott A ^a   Osorio Beristain, Marcela ^c   Murphy, Troy G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Area X; High vocal center; Song control system; Songbird; Streak backed oriole

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; ICTERUS PUSTULATUS; PASSERI; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 79451473903     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320971     Document Type: Article

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