Songbird frequency selectivity and temporal resolution vary with sex and season

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1751, 2013, Pages

  Gall, Megan D ^a   Salameh, Therese S ^b   Lucas, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory evoked potentials; Communication; House sparrow; Plasticity; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; BREEDING SEASON; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 84870427190     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2296     Document Type: Article

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