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. 1964 Dec 11;146(3650):1483-6.
doi: 10.1126/science.146.3650.1483.

CULTURALLY TRANSMITTED PATTERNS OF VOCAL BEHAVIOR IN SPARROWS

CULTURALLY TRANSMITTED PATTERNS OF VOCAL BEHAVIOR IN SPARROWS

P MARLER et al. Science. .

Abstract

Male white-crowned sparrows have song "dialects," acquired in about the first 100 days of life by learning from older males. In the laboratory an alien white-crowned sparrow dialect can be taught. Once the song is established further acoustical experience does not change the pattern. White-crowned sparrows do not copy recorded songs of other sparrow species presented under similar conditions.

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