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Development of song and reinforcing effects of song in female chaffinches
Animal Behaviour, 1977Eight autumn-caught female chaffinches were injected with testosterone in their first spring. They were allowed to perch on a particular perch to produce a playback of a normal, male song. Both the course of their song development and the reinforcing effect of the playback song were comparable to that shown by a group of similarly-treated males.
J W, Kling, J, Stevenson-Hinde
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Song preferences by females: male song complexity and gene expression in the female brain
Ornithological Science, 2006ABSTRACT The males of songbirds, parrots and hummingbirds develop complex song through learning. Males of some species mimic the vocalizations of other species and make their song more complex through vocal mimicry. Females of several songbird species respond preferentially to more complex song. The sensory exploitation hypothesis is an explanation how
Hiroko EDA-FUJIWARA +2 more
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Mate, neighbour and stranger songs: a female song sparrow perspective
Animal Behaviour, 1999We investigated discrimination by female song sparrows Melospiza melodia, between different categories of male song using the copulation solicitation display as a preference assay. Females responded most strongly to songs recorded from their mates, less strongly to songs of neighbouring males and least strongly to songs of stranger males.
, O'Lochlen, , Beecher
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Female song in European starlings: the case of non-competitive song-matching
Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 1991This paper concerns the occurrence of female song in European starlings Sturnus vulgaris and aims to identify the elements of song that are similar to that of male starling song. Testosterone-implanted females produced a song very close in structure to male song (whistles and warbling) but most of the typical male species-specific elements were missing.
Hausberger, Martine, Black, Jeffrey M.
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Song in Female Hylorchilus Wrens
The Wilson Bulletin, 2004Abstract We report on the discovery of a distinct female song in Nava's Wren (Hylorchilus navai), similar to that recently discovered in Sumichrast's Wren (Hylorchilus sumichrasti). In both species, females sometimes countersing with males but do not combine their songs into a synchronized duet as in many other tropical wrens.
Héctor Gómez de Silva +2 more
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Female Song in the Common Yellowthroat
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2012Abstract A mated female was observed singing in a color-banded population of Common Yellowthroats (Geothlypis trichas) in New York State in 2011. This female continued to sing, often concurrently with her mate, for ∼1 week, at which time she completed nest construction and was not observed singing for the remainder of the season.
Taff, Conor C. +2 more
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Female Song in the Yellow Warbler
The Condor, 1990The occurrence and context of song in female birds have received considerable attention recently (Beletsky 1982, 1983a, 1983b; Richison 1983, 1986; Arcese et al. 1988). Among passerines, singing females are apparently rare (Richison 1983, Arcese et al. 1988).
Hobson, Keith A., Sealy, Spencer G.
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Female Eavesdropping on Male Song Contests in Songbirds
Science, 2002Male song reflects the quality of the singer in many animals and plays a role in female choice of social and copulation partners. Eavesdropping on male-male vocal interactions is a means by which females can compare different males' singing behavior directly and make immediate comparisons ...
Daniel J, Mennill +2 more
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Female song preference and theperiod gene inDrosophila
Behavior Genetics, 1993Mutations at the period (per) locus in Drosophila melanogaster alter rhythmic components of the male courtship song. We have examined the mating speed of females homozygous for mutant per alleles when presented with artificial mutant songs. Mutant females retain a preference for wild-type over mutant songs, thus male song and female preference are ...
GREENACRE, ML +3 more
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Species song discrimination in adult female song and swamp sparrows
Animal Behaviour, 1981Abstract Six female song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) and six female swamp sparrows (Melospiza georgiana) were treated with oestradiol, and their response to song measured by frequency and intensity of copulation-solicitation display. Test stimuli were synthetic songs composed of either song sparrow or swamp sparrow syllables assembled in either song-
William A. Searcy +2 more
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