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Vocal Imitation in Parrots Allows Addressing of Specific Individuals in a Dynamic Communication Network

Parrots in captivity are known for their ability to vocally imitate humans and recently it has been shown that wild-living orange-fronted conures are able to immediately imitate other individuals’ contact calls. The function of this exceptional ability to imitate remains unclear. However, orange–fro...

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Autores principales: Balsby, Thorsten J. S., Momberg, Jane Vestergaard, Dabelsteen, Torben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3504101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23185424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049747