Repertoire Turnover and the Timing of Song Acquisition in European Starlings

Behaviour

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 1994, Pages 25-39

  Chaiken, Marthaleah ^a   Böhner, Jörg ^a   Marler, Peter ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84966110521     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853994X00037     Document Type: Article

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