The Role of Body Size, Phylogeny, and Ambient Noise in the Evolution of Bird Song
- M. Ryan, Eliot A. Brenowitz
- Environmental Science, BiologyAmerican Naturalist
- 1 July 1985
There has been an evolutionary response to selection for low-frequency songs by birds in low-forest habitats, according to the constraints of body size and evolutionary history, and the spectral distribution of ambient noise as an additional selective factor is examined.
Seasonal plasticity in the adult brain
- A. D. Tramontin, Eliot A. Brenowitz
- BiologyTrends in Neurosciences
- 1 June 2000
Functional aspects of song learning in songbirds.
- M. D. Beecher, Eliot A. Brenowitz
- BiologyTrends in Ecology & Evolution
- 1 March 2005
Seasonal Changes in Testosterone, Neural Attributes of Song Control Nuclei, and Song Structure in Wild Songbirds
- G. T. Smith, Eliot A. Brenowitz, M. D. Beecher, J. Wingfield
- Biology, PsychologyJournal of Neuroscience
- 1 August 1997
The results suggest that song stereotypy, but not repertoire size, is a potential behavioral correlate of seasonal plasticity in the avian song control system.
Plasticity of the Adult Avian Song Control System
- Eliot A. Brenowitz
- BiologyAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- 1 June 2004
Seasonal plasticity of the song system may have evolved as an adaptation to reduce the energetic demands imposed by these regions of the brain outside the breeding season, when the use of song for mate attraction and territorial defense is reduced or absent.
The active space of red-winged blackbird song
- Eliot A. Brenowitz
- PhysicsJournal of Comparative Physiology
- 1 December 1982
SummaryActive space, that distance from the source over which signal amplitude remains above the detection threshold of potential receivers, was determined for Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius…
Song learning in birds: diversity and plasticity, opportunities and challenges
- Eliot A. Brenowitz, M. D. Beecher
- BiologyTrends in Neurosciences
- 1 March 2005
Comparative approaches to the avian song system.
- Eliot A. Brenowitz
- BiologyJournal of Neurobiology
- 5 November 1997
Whether the vocal control systems of parrots and songbirds were inherited from a common ancestor or independently evolved, and at what stage in the phylogeny of songbirds the hormone-sensitive forebrain circuit found in modern birds first evolved are considered.
Altered perception of species-specific song by female birds after lesions of a forebrain nucleus.
- Eliot A. Brenowitz
- Biology, PsychologyScience
- 18 January 1991
Because female canaries do not normally sing, neurons in female HVc must develop response selectivity by a mechanism different from that proposed for male birds in the motor theory of song perception.
An introduction to birdsong and the avian song system.
- Eliot A. Brenowitz, D. Margoliash, K. Nordeen
- Biology, PsychologyJournal of Neurobiology
- 5 November 1997
Song behavior and its neural control is invited as a model for identifying neural mechanisms that view progress in their area of study and, more underlie biologically relevant behavior: important, to identify critical directions for future research.
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