Acoustic sequences in non-human animals: a tutorial review and prospectus. [PDF]
, 2014 Animal acoustic communication often takes the form of complex sequences, made up of multiple distinct acoustic units. Apart from the well-known example of birdsong, other animals such as insects, amphibians, and mammals (including bats, rodents, primates,
Akçay, Çağlar +41 more
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Language and complexity considerations: A biolinguistic perspective [PDF]
, 2017 The notion of complexity recurrently shows up in the context of language studies. From a Chomskyan/biolinguistic perspective, and given the uniform character of language acquisition, it has been assumed that all languages are equally complex or simple ...
Boeckx, Cedric +2 more
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The evolutionary roots of creativity: mechanisms and motivations [PDF]
, 2015 Funding: MASTS pooling initiative (The Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland). MASTS is funded by the Scottish Funding Council (grant reference HR09011) and contributing institutions.We consider the evolution of cognition and the ...
Baars BJ +29 more
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Preen Gland-Secreted Alkanols Enhance Male Attractiveness in Parrots [PDF]
, 2008 The skin glands are widely used in pheromone production throughout the vertebrate worlds. Growing evidences show that birds also have chemical communication, but the uropygial (also called preen or oil) glands, serving as only specialized skin glands of ...
Jian-Xu Zhang, Jin-Hua Zhang, Wei Wei
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Sex recognition by odour and variation in the uropygial gland secretion in starlings [PDF]
, 2012 1. Although a growing body of evidence supports that olfaction based on chemical compounds emitted by birds may play a role in individual recognition, the possible role of chemical cues in sexual selection of birds has been only preliminarily studied.2 ...
Alison N Graham +11 more
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Germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) is widespread among songbirds [PDF]
, 2019 An unusual supernumerary chromosome has been reported for two related avian species, the zebra and Bengalese finches. This large, germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) is eliminated from somatic cells and spermatids and transmitted via oocytes only.
Akberdina, E A +13 more
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Review of the 9th international conference on the evolution of language (Evolang9) [PDF]
, 2013 published_or_final_versio
Coupé, C, Gong, T, Shuai, L
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Current Zoology, 2009 Over-shadowed by eye-catching vocal and visual signals, chemical communication has long been overlooked in birds. This study aimed at exploring whether volatile composition of the uropygial gland secretion (UGS) of birds was associated with the ...
Jian-Xu ZHANG et al.
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Chance, long tails, and inference: a non-Gaussian, Bayesian theory of vocal learning in songbirds
, 2017 Traditional theories of sensorimotor learning posit that animals use sensory error signals to find the optimal motor command in the face of Gaussian sensory and motor noise.
Hofmann, David +4 more
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Some black-and-white facts about the Faeroese whitespeckled Common Raven Corvus corax varius. [PDF]
, 2014 The file attached is the accepted version of the ...
Van Grouw, H
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