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Testing the strength and direction of selection on vocal frequency using metabolic scaling theory
Ecosphere, 2021 A major challenge for studies assessing drivers of phenotypic divergence is the statistical comparison of taxa with unique, often unknown, evolutionary histories, and for which there are no clear expected trait values.
Clinton D. Francis, Matthew R. Wilkins
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Birdsong: Is It Music to Their Ears? [PDF]
Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience, 2012 Since the time of Darwin, biologists have wondered whether birdsong and music may serve similar purposes or have the same evolutionary precursors. Most attempts to compare song with music have focused on the qualities of the sounds themselves, such as melody and rhythm.
Earp, Sarah E., Maney, Donna L.
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The Role of the Learner in the Cultural Evolution of Vocalizations
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 As a uniquely human behavior, language is crucial to our understanding of ourselves and of the world around us. Despite centuries of research into how languages have historically developed and how people learn them, fully understanding the origin and ...
Abby Chopoorian +2 more
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What is ‘relational thinking’, and how does it manifest in research?
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract People and Nature is a ‘journal of relational thinking’. This editorial explores what relational thinking can mean and how it might be operationalized in the context of humans and the environment. Relational thinking may seem intuitive because it recognizes the world's inherent interconnectedness. However, the question of how to operationalize
Rachelle K. Gould +6 more
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Scholarpedia, 2009 Fil: Trevisan, Marcos Alberto. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisica. Laboratorio de Sistemas Dinamicos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Oficina de Coordinacion Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisica de Buenos Aires.
Trevisan, Marcos Alberto +1 more
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Investigation of musicality in birdsong [PDF]
Hearing Research, 2014 Songbirds spend much of their time learning, producing, and listening to complex vocal sequences we call songs. Songs are learned via cultural transmission, and singing, usually by males, has a strong impact on the behavioral state of the listeners, often promoting affiliation, pair bonding, or aggression.
Rothenberg, D. +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Food practices have evolved alongside industrialization and urbanization. Compared to earlier generations, modern individuals grow and cook food less often and consume more processed products, weakening awareness of food's natural origins. Three studies examined explanatory pathways linking food practices to pro‐environmentalism through the ...
Shu Tian Ng, Angela K.‐y. Leung
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Exploration of new wildlife surveying methodologies that leverage advances in sensor technology and machine learning has led to tentative research into the application of seismology techniques. This, most commonly, involves the deployment of a footfall trap – a seismic sensor and data logger customised for wildlife footfall.
Benjamin J. Blackledge +4 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Research on mosquito feeding preferences and the malaria parasites they transmit is essential for understanding the interactions between hosts, vectors, and parasites. In this study, vertebrate hosts were identified in 72 mosquitoes. Most blood meals (58.7%) came from birds, representing 25 species, while 40.0% came from mammals (13 species), and 1.3 ...
Qin Zhang +8 more
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Data-efficient self-supervised algorithms for fine-grained birdsong analysis
Ecological InformaticsResearch in bioacoustics, neuroscience, and linguistics often uses birdsong as a proxy to acquire knowledge across diverse areas. This requires audio models to annotate and parse the birdsong.
Houtan Ghaffari, Lukas Rauch, Paul Devos
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