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The Response of Male and Female Song Sparrows to Geographic Variation in Song
The Condor, 1997We tested female and male Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia) from a Pennsylvania site for discrimination between local songs and foreign songs recorded in New York. In Experiments 1 and 2 we measured the copulatory response of female Song Sparrows to playback of local and foreign songs.
Searcy, William A. +2 more
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Sexual preferences for mate song types in female song sparrows
Animal Behaviour, 1997Copulation solicitation displays were used to investigate whether female song sparrows are especially stimulated by the songs their mates sing. Eight of nine (88.9%) recently captured oestradiol-treated female song sparrows,Melospiza melodia, gave more solicitation displays and displayed more intensely for song types recorded from repertoires of their ...
A.L. O'LOGHLEN, M.D. BEECHER
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Song Tutoring Influences Female Song Preferences in Domesticated Canaries
Behaviour, 1997Abstract Laboratory experiments were designed to examine the influence of previous acoustic experience on later song preferences in female domesticated canaries (Serinus canaria). Young females were reared in acoustic isolation (five groups). In these five groups, one was reared without tutoring and four were exposed to taped tutoring songs (
Laurent Nagle, Michel L. Kreutzer
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Bird song, sexual selection and female choice
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 1987Male songbirds produce extremely elaborate songs, which are the acoustic equivalent of the peacock's tail. Darwin suggested that they were the result of sexual selection by female choice, but had no evidence to support his theory. New techniques now permit us to test his theory under controlled laboratory conditions.
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Functions of duet and solo songs of female birds
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 1998Bird song is generally associated with males. In part, this reflects a bias towards studies in temperate regions, because in the tropics females of many species are regular and prolific singers. However, even among birds of temperate latitudes, females of several species occasionally sing.
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What’s in a song? Female bushcrickets discriminate against the song of older males
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 1995The striking songs of insects such as bushcrickets have traditionally been interpreted as species recognition signals. If this is so, their information content should be relatively simple. Females should discriminate against atypical songs, but not between common differences between males.
Ritchie, M., Couzin, I., Snedden, W.
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Female Psychology in Velliveediyar Songs
In the Sangam era, many female poets sang kurundogai. Acham, Madam, Nanam were spoken of as belonging only to women during the Sangam period and later. In the Sangam literature, female poets have composed excellent songs as well as male poets due to their imagination.openaire +1 more source
Introduction: Female Authorship, Female Voice, and Female-Voice Song
2022Anna Kathryn Grau, Lisa Colton
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The Form and Function of Song in Female Song Sparrows
The Condor, 1988Arcese, Peter +2 more
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[Female song in Passeriformes: An exception or the rule?].
Zhurnal obshchei biologii, 2018We analyzed the occurrence of female song in different families of Passeriformes aiming to better understanding of evolutionary prerequisites of this phenomenon and its relation with species biological traits and patterns of main passerine groups dispersion.
I R, Boeme, M Ya, Goretskaia
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