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Parallels in the sequential organization of birdsong and human speech. [PDF]
, 2019 Human speech possesses a rich hierarchical structure that allows for meaning to be altered by words spaced far apart in time. Conversely, the sequential structure of nonhuman communication is thought to follow non-hierarchical Markovian dynamics ...
Gentner, Timothy Q +3 more
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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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Special Article: From Birdsong to Babel: the canine connection in the origin of human language
Cuadernos de investigación UNED, 2013 Whistled languages are still found today in many parts of the world, the most celebrated being Silbo, in the Canary Islands. According to Australian Aboriginal legends, it was the birds who taught human beings how to speak.
Graham Pont
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The toric h-vector of a cubical complex in terms of noncrossing partition statistics [PDF]
, 2013 This paper introduces a new and simple statistic on noncrossing partitions that expresses each coordinate of the toric $h$-vector of a cubical complex, written in the basis of the Adin $h$-vector entries, as the total weight of all noncrossing partitions.
Birdsong, Sarah, Hetyei, Gábor
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Birdsong: Not all contest but also cooperation?
Current Biology, 2023 Birdsong generally functions to defend territories from same-sex competitors and to attract mates. Wild zebra finch males now are shown to sing prolifically outside the breeding season and without defending territories, suggesting potential social functions for birdsong beyond competition.
Riebel, K., Langmore, N.E.
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Lobbying and Political Risk Disclosure: Do Socially Responsible Firms Voluntarily Disclose More?
British Journal of Management, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing on theories of strategic communication, legitimacy, impression management and moral capital, this study investigates whether firms use political risk disclosure to offset negative perceptions associated with corporate lobbying. Using a sample of 10,120 observations from 1362 US firms between 2002 and 2018, we find that firms with ...
Maretno A. Harjoto +4 more
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Frontiers in Bioinformatics, 2023 Annotating and proofreading data sets of complex natural behaviors such as vocalizations are tedious tasks because instances of a given behavior need to be correctly segmented from background noise and must be classified with minimal false positive error
Corinna Lorenz +6 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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Structural-functional characteristics of two song types in Phylloscopus humei (Phylloscopidae)
Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2023 Several songbird species use two singing modes, which are functionally different. The first mode is preferentially used at the beginning of the breeding cycle, and serves to attract females, while the second mode is used later in the season as well as ...
Svetlana G. Meshcheryagina +1 more
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Central auditory neurons have composite receptive fields [PDF]
, 2015 High-level neurons processing complex, behaviorally relevant signals are sensitive to conjunctions of features. Characterizing the receptive fields of such neurons is difficult with standard statistical tools, however, and the principles governing their ...
Gentner, T, Kozlov, A
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