• DOI:10.1006/ANBE.2003.2051
Corpus ID: 53157104

Fifty years of bird song research: a case study in animal behaviour

@article{Slater2003FiftyYO,
  title={Fifty years of bird song research: a case study in animal behaviour},
  author={P. Slater},
  journal={Animal Behaviour},
  year={2003},
  volume={65},
  pages={633-639}
}

P. Slater

Published 2003

Biology, Psychology, Art

Animal Behaviour

The growth of bird song research over the past half century has been catalysed by both technical and theoretical advances. The study of mechanisms has largely moved to the neurobiological level, where work on bird song has blossomed. At the behavioural level, development and function have been the prime foci of attention, and I briefly review the advances in these two areas. But, looking forwards, the well is far from dry: I suggest a few topics on which I expect that papers will appear in the… CONTINUE READING

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