Are better singers smarter?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-11

  Nowicki, Stephen ^a   Searcy, William A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird song; Developmental stress; Indicator trait

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INBREEDING; MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; SONG; SYMMETRY; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

AVES;

EID: 79952514512     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq081     Document Type: Review

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