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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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Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.We experimentally evaluated the effects of artificial lighting on mammal visitation patterns at waterholes in north‐central Namibia using motion‐activated camera traps across two dry seasons. Lighting had minimal effects on most species, although gemsboks increased use of artificially lit waterholes and lions reduced nocturnal activity at illuminated ...
Jessica R. Patterson +2 more
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Insights from Project FeederWatch: Changes in the abundance and occurrence of birds in New Hampshire over the past 24 years [PDF]
, 2014 Changes in the climate and land use over time can lead to changes in the composition of wildlife communities. Using data from Project FeederWatch, we examine trends in the abundance and occurrence of birds documented in the winters from 1988 to 2012 in ...
Sutcliffe, Lee A
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A Sing-Song Way of Vocalizing: Generalization and Specificity in Language and Birdsong. [PDF]
, 2017 Spoken languages such as German are extremely discrete, whereas others such as Portuguese are melodic or "sing-song" wherein identifying a word relies on what comes before and after.
Farias-Virgens, Madza +1 more
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Comparison of two volunteer strategies for managing house sparrows in the United States
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.With a citizen science project, we investigated two volunteer management interventions that prevent house sparrow reproduction: swapping eggs with replicas (Swaps) and removing eggs and nest material (Removals). House Sparrows nested twice as quickly after Removals than Swaps, abandoned nestboxes more often after Swaps than Removals, with native ...
Suzanne M. Hartley +4 more
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Beyond Critical Period Learning: Striatal FoxP2 Affects the Active Maintenance of Learned Vocalizations in Adulthood. [PDF]
, 2019 In humans, mutations in the transcription factor forkhead box P2 (FOXP2) result in language disorders associated with altered striatal structure. Like speech, birdsong is learned through social interactions during maturational critical periods, and it ...
Day, Nancy F +3 more
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Urbanisation lowers great tit Parus major breeding success at multiple spatial scales [PDF]
, 2019 While numerous studies have reported negative effects of urbanisation on birds, few have examined the role of urban scale in influencing breeding success.
Adriaensen, Frank +5 more
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Ethology, EarlyView.We raised fall field crickets in acoustic environments of silence, their own song, traffic noise, or the song of the recently introduced Japanese burrowing cricket and measured development, size, and adult survival. We found that crickets reared with burrowing cricket song developed more quickly than crickets reared in silence.
Troy A. Bowers, Susan N. Gershman
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The Northern Cardinal: The Neighborhood Show-off
EDISThe Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) is a widely recognized songbird in Florida and across most of the eastern United States. Its vivid red coloration, clear whistled songs, and year-round presence have made it a common species of backyards ...
Mark E. Hostetler +2 more
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Involvement of the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamocortical loop in developmental stuttering [PDF]
, 2019 Stuttering is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that has to date eluded a clear explication of its pathophysiological bases. In this review, we utilize the Directions Into Velocities of Articulators (DIVA) neurocomputational modeling framework to ...
Chang, Soo-Eun, Guenther, Frank H.
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