The perceptual foundations of vocal learning in budgerigars

Neuroethological Studies of Cognitive and Perceptual Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 113-137

  Dooling, Robert J ^a   Brown, Susan D ^a   Manabe, Kazuchika ^a   Powell, Elizabeth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780429498701     Document Type: Chapter

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