Song, sexual selection, and a song control nucleus (HVc) in the brains of European sedge warblers
โ Scribed by Airey, David C. ;Buchanan, Katherine L. ;Szekely, Tamas ;Catchpole, Clive K. ;DeVoogd, Timothy J.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 100 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3034
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