Island songbirds as windows into evolution in small populations
Current Biology, 2020 Due to their limited ranges and inherent isolation, island species have long been recognized as crucial systems for tackling a range of evolutionary questions, including in the early study of speciation [1,2].
Thibault Leroy +12 more
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Categories, concepts, and calls : auditory perceptual mechanisms and cognitive abilities across different types of birds. [PDF]
, 2013 Although involving different animals, preparations, and objectives, our laboratories (Sturdy's and Cook's) are mutually interested in category perception and concept formation.
Cook, Robert +4 more
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A neonicotinoid insecticide reduces fueling and delays migration in songbirds
Science, 2019 Hazardous delays Neonicotinoids are a widely used group of pesticides that have been shown to have negative impacts on an increasing number of species, most notably pollinators. Eng et al. tested how exposure to these compounds influenced the behavior of
Margaret L. Eng +2 more
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Songbirds can learn flexible contextual control over syllable sequencing
bioRxiv, 2020 The flexible control of sequential behavior is a fundamental aspect of speech, enabling endless reordering of a limited set of learned vocal elements (i.e. syllables or words).
Lena Veit +3 more
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020 Significance Parent–offspring conflict has explained a variety of ecological phenomena across animal taxa, but its role in mediating when songbirds fledge remains controversial.
Todd M. Jones +15 more
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The Value of Comparative Animal Research : Krogh’s Principle Facilitates Scientific Discoveries [PDF]
, 2017 There are no conflicts of interest to declare. This paper developed from the 2016 Early Career Impact Award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences to TJS. TJS has received funding from The Leverhulme Trust.
Alward, Beau A. +5 more
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Testosterone affects song modulation during simulated territorial intrusions in male black redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros) [PDF]
, 2012 Although it has been suggested that testosterone plays an important role in resource allocation for competitive behavior, details of the interplay between testosterone, territorial aggression and signal plasticity are largely unknown.
Apfelbeck, Beate +5 more
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To transduce a zebra finch: interrogating behavioral mechanisms in a model system for speech. [PDF]
, 2017 The ability to alter neuronal gene expression, either to affect levels of endogenous molecules or to express exogenous ones, is a powerful tool for linking brain and behavior. Scientists continue to finesse genetic manipulation in mice.
Heston, Jonathan B, White, Stephanie A
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Migration of North Asian Passerines
Амурский зоологический журнал, 2022 The East Asian-Australasian bird migration system is one of the most species-rich migration systems, nevertheless, we have very little information on the migration of the species that use the Asian-Australasian Flyway.
Ласло Бозо +1 more
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Scale and Sensitivity of Songbird Occurrence to Landscape Structure in a Harvested Boreal Forest
Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2005 To explore the spatial scales at which boreal forest birds respond to landscape structure and how those responses are influenced by forest harvest, we quantified the relationship between amounts of forest in the landscape at multiple spatial scales and ...
Philip D. Taylor, Meg A. Krawchuk
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