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Song as an aggressive signal in songbirds
- W. Searcy, M. Beecher
- Psychology
- Animal Behaviour
- 1 December 2009
Birdsong is often regarded as an aggressive signal. More specifically, particular singing behaviours are hypothesized to be threatening, including song type matching, frequency matching, song… Expand
Seasonal Changes in Testosterone, Neural Attributes of Song Control Nuclei, and Song Structure in Wild Songbirds
- G. T. Smith, Eliot A. Brenowitz, M. Beecher, J. Wingfield
- Biology, Medicine
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- 1 August 1997
Seasonal changes in the neural attributes of brain nuclei that control song in songbirds are among the most pronounced examples of naturally occurring plasticity in the adult brain of any vertebrate.… Expand
Functional aspects of song learning in songbirds.
- M. Beecher, Eliot A. Brenowitz
- Biology, Medicine
- Trends in ecology & evolution
- 1 March 2005
The oscine passerines, or 'songbirds', are one of the few animal taxa in which individuals learn their vocal signals. Recent comparative studies reveal a remarkable diversity of song-learning… Expand
Territory tenure in song sparrows is related to song sharing with neighbours, but not to repertoire size
- M. Beecher, S. E. Campbell, J. C. Nordby
- Biology, Medicine
- Animal Behaviour
- 2000
Song repertoires may be a product of sexual selection and several studies have reported correlations of repertoire size and reproductive success in male songbirds. This hypothesis and the reported… Expand
Repertoire matching between neighbouring song sparrows
- M. Beecher, P. Stoddard, Elizabeth Campbell, C. Horning
- Geography
- Animal Behaviour
- 1 April 1996
A male song sparrow,Melospiza melodia, has a song repertoire of about eight or nine distinct song types, and he typically shares several of these song types with each of his several neighbours. In… Expand
Song-type matching in the song sparrow
- P. Stoddard, M. Beecher, S. E. Campbell, C. Horning
- Biology
- 1 July 1992
Song playback to song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) in a resident population in Washington state showed that the tendency of birds to respond with the same song type (match) depended on the identity… Expand
Song learning in birds: diversity and plasticity, opportunities and challenges
- Eliot A. Brenowitz, M. Beecher
- Psychology, Medicine
- Trends in Neurosciences
- 1 March 2005
A common trend in neuroscience is convergence on selected model systems. Underlying this approach is an often implicit assumption that mechanisms observed in one species are characteristic of all… Expand
Song type matching as threat: a test using interactive playback
- J. M. Burt, S. E. Campbell, M. Beecher
- Psychology
- Animal Behaviour
- 1 December 2001
Neighbouring song sparrows, Melospiza melodia, in our Seattle population share song types and sometimes respond to neighbour song by type matching (replying with the same song type being sung) or… Expand
Song type matching is an honest early threat signal in a hierarchical animal communication system
- Çağlar Akçay, Mari E. Tom, S. E. Campbell, M. Beecher
- Psychology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 7 April 2013
Aggressive encounters between animals often involve significant amounts of signalling before or in lieu of physical fights. When, as is often the case, these apparent threat signals are neither… Expand
Ecological correlates of song learning in song sparrows
- J. C. Nordby, S. E. Campbell, M. Beecher
- Biology
- 1 May 1999
Most studies of song learning have been conducted in the laboratory, and thus little is known about how song learning is affected by ecological variables in nature. Taking an ecological perspective,… Expand