Song complexity is maintained during inter-population cultural transmission of humpback whale songs [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Among animal species, the songs of male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are a rare example of social learning between entire populations. Understanding fine-scale similarity in song patterns and structural features will better clarify how ...
Jenny A Allen +4 more
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White-handed gibbons discriminate context-specific song compositions [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 White-handed gibbons produce loud and acoustically complex songs when interacting with their neighbours or when encountering predators. In both contexts, songs are assembled from a small number of units although their composition differs in context ...
Julie Andrieu +5 more
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Russian mongolist K. N. Yatskowskaya and the cultural significance of her study of Oirad folk songs
Nomadic Civilization: Historical Research, 2023 In this article, the scientist of the Russian Federation K. N. Yatskovskaya’s work on Mongolian studies, including how she recorded and studied Oirad folk songs, was discussed in relation to the characteristics of Oirad Mongolian language and culture ...
D. Urnokhdelger, Burentsol Burentsol
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Is Hazel Grouse (Tetrastes bonasia) song the domain of males?
Tichodroma, 2022 In most birds, males are responsible for territory defence and mate attraction using a song. Females’ song is less frequent and usually produced for other reasons.
Šimon Kertys, Lucia Rubáčová
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BENTUK LIRIK LAGU ANAK DI TAMAN KANAK-KANAK JAKARTA TIMUR:KAJIAN INTERTEKSTUAL
SeBaSa, 2022 Children's song lyrics in kindergarten always have their own characteristics. Children's song lyrics found in kindergarten are usually song lyrics adapted from previous song lyrics.
Putri Anggraeni, Syarif Hidayatullah
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Historically, bird song complexity was thought to evolve primarily through sexual selection on males; yet, in many species, both sexes sing and selection pressure on both sexes may be broader.
Karan J. Odom +17 more
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Auditory and sexual preferences for a father’s song can co-emerge in female Bengalese finches
PLoS ONE, 2022 Birdsong is an important communication signal used in mate choice. In some songbird species, only the males produce songs. While the females of those species do not sing, they are sensitive to inter- and intra-species song variations, and the song ...
Tomoko G. Fujii, Kazuo Okanoya
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Vocal communications and the maintenance of population specific songs in a contact zone. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Bird song has been hypothesized to play a role in several important aspects of the biology of songbirds, including the generation of taxonomic diversity by speciation; however, the role that song plays in speciation within this group may be dependent ...
Jonathan T Rowell, Maria R Servedio
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Song(s) of Struggle: A Decolonial Reading of Psalm137 in Light of South Africa’s Struggle Songs
Old Testament Essays, 2019 This article engages in a decolonial reading of Ps 137 in light of South African songs of struggle. In this reading, Ps 137 is regarded as an epic song which combines struggle songs which originated within the golah community in response to the colonial ...
Hulisani Ramantswana
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Variability in Temporal Characteristics of the South Eastern Indian Ocean Pygmy Blue Whale Song [PDF]
Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2023 The temporal characteristics of whale song are considered to be amongst the most stable elements of song production, though very few studies have looked at the timing of discrete sounds or the silences between them. This study indicates that the temporal
Capri D. Jolliffe +2 more
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