Song repertoire size and female preferences in song sparrows
β Scribed by William A. Searcy
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 637 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5443
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