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Social Sounds: Vocal Learning and Development of Mammal and Bird Calls

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Acoustic Communication

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    Andrea Megela Simmons

  2. Department of Psychology and Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60626, USA

    Richard R. Fay

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    Arthur N. Popper

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Boughman, J.W., Moss, C.F. (2003). Social Sounds: Vocal Learning and Development of Mammal and Bird Calls. In: Simmons, A.M., Fay, R.R., Popper, A.N. (eds) Acoustic Communication. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 16. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22762-8_4

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