Effects of vocal learning, phonetics and inheritance on song amplitude in zebra finches

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1415-1422

  Ritschard, M ^a   Brumm, H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heritability; Production constraint; Song learning; Taeniopygia guttata; Vocal amplitude; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HERITABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ONTOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONG; SONGBIRD;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 82355191674     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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