Note:The occurrence of dialects in birds, that is, the regional clustering of individuals with songs of similar structure, has been attributed to several adaptive mechanisms, including selection for 'efficiency of song transmission' in different habitats (environmental adaptation hypothesis). To date, evidence supporting the mechanisms has not successfully refuted the null hypothesis for the occurrence of dialects by chance, because few data have been collected using appropriate scientific methods. I test assumptions of the environmental adaptation hypothesis and find that, despite variation in sound transmission with weather, there is potential for the disruptive selection of song structure in American Redstarts by the acoustic constraints...
The study of bird song dialects was once considered the most promising approach for investigating th...
Anthropogenic sounds influence animal vocal behaviour, species distributions, and community assembla...
Song is critical to territory defence, mate attraction, and both species and individual recognition....
1. Habitat structure has been considered as a main factor shaping the evolution of bird song acousti...
The greatest challenge for Cultural Selection Theory, which holds that Darwinian natural selection c...
Natural History & EvolutionThe acoustic adaptation hypothesis states that animal calls should adapt ...
One hypothesis explaining the species richness of the songbirds is based on the fact that these spec...
Natural History & EvolutionThe Acoustic Adaptation Hypothesis has been studied in the context of man...
To investigate adaptations for long-range acoustic communication in birds, I analyzed associations b...
Among songbirds, growing evidence suggests that acoustic adaptation of song traits occurs in respons...
Anthropogenic noise imposes novel selection pressures, especially on species that communicate acoust...
<p>Geographical variation of bird vocalizations may be related to factors influencing sound producti...
1. The evolution of vocal signals can be constrained by a host of factors including habitat effects ...
Anthropogenic sounds influence animal vocal behaviour, species distributions, and community assembla...
Birdsong as an acoustic signal is subject to many different environmental pressures, including noise...
The study of bird song dialects was once considered the most promising approach for investigating th...
Anthropogenic sounds influence animal vocal behaviour, species distributions, and community assembla...
Song is critical to territory defence, mate attraction, and both species and individual recognition....
1. Habitat structure has been considered as a main factor shaping the evolution of bird song acousti...
The greatest challenge for Cultural Selection Theory, which holds that Darwinian natural selection c...
Natural History & EvolutionThe acoustic adaptation hypothesis states that animal calls should adapt ...
One hypothesis explaining the species richness of the songbirds is based on the fact that these spec...
Natural History & EvolutionThe Acoustic Adaptation Hypothesis has been studied in the context of man...
To investigate adaptations for long-range acoustic communication in birds, I analyzed associations b...
Among songbirds, growing evidence suggests that acoustic adaptation of song traits occurs in respons...
Anthropogenic noise imposes novel selection pressures, especially on species that communicate acoust...
<p>Geographical variation of bird vocalizations may be related to factors influencing sound producti...
1. The evolution of vocal signals can be constrained by a host of factors including habitat effects ...
Anthropogenic sounds influence animal vocal behaviour, species distributions, and community assembla...
Birdsong as an acoustic signal is subject to many different environmental pressures, including noise...
The study of bird song dialects was once considered the most promising approach for investigating th...
Anthropogenic sounds influence animal vocal behaviour, species distributions, and community assembla...
Song is critical to territory defence, mate attraction, and both species and individual recognition....