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Ornament, armament, or toolkit? Modelling how population size drives the evolution of birdsong, a functional cultural trait
Oscine songbirds have been an important study system for social learning, particularly because their learned songs provide an analog …
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Ornament, armament, or toolkit? Modelling how population size drives the evolution of birdsong, a functional cultural trait
To accept or reject heterospecific mates: behavioural decisions underlying premating isolation
Premating isolation in animals involves decision-making processes that affect whether individuals accept or reject heterospecific …
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To accept or reject heterospecific mates: behavioural decisions underlying premating isolation
The role of nestling acoustic experience in song discrimination in a sparrow
Oscine songbirds are an ideal system for investigating how early experience affects vocal behavior. Young songbirds face a challenging …
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The role of nestling acoustic experience in song discrimination in a sparrow
Nestling and adult sparrows respond differently to conspecific dialects
Understanding the causes and consequences of divergence in mate recognition traits has long been a fundamental question in evolutionary …
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Nestling and adult sparrows respond differently to conspecific dialects
Introductory whistle is sufficient for early song recognition by golden-crowned sparrow nestlings
Many songbird species have a predisposition to learn conspecific songs, suggesting song learning may be guided by an innate auditory …
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Introductory whistle is sufficient for early song recognition by golden-crowned sparrow nestlings
Pervasive reinforcement and the role of sexual selection in biological speciation
Sexual selection has been widely implicated as a driver of speciation. However, allopatric forms are often defined as species based on …
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Pervasive reinforcement and the role of sexual selection in biological speciation