Bilateral coordination and the motor basis of female preference for sexual signals in canary song

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2950-2959

  Suthers, Roderick A ^a   Vallet, Eric ^b   Kreutzer, Michel ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

A syllable; Female preference; Hemispheric specialization; Honest signal; Minibreath; Syringeal lateralization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANARY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CANARIES; EXHALATION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84865270613     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.071944     Document Type: Article

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