Mutual interactions between sexes have multiple signalling functions. Duet singing in songbirds is related to mutual mate guarding, joint resource defence, and signalling commitment. Coordinated visual displays of mating pairs are thought to perform similar functions, but are less well understood. The current study evaluated mutual interactions in an Estrildid species to explore the relative importance of duet dancing and male singing in mating success of pairs in a first encounter. When Java sparrows (Lonchura oryzivora) court prospective mates, only males sing. However, both males and females perform courtship dances, often in a duet-like manner. These dances are typically terminated by female copulation solicitation displays (CSDs). In t...
Female bird song and combined vocal duets of mated pairs are both frequently associated with tropica...
Duetting behaviour is a unique form of animal communication that occurs in many diverse taxa in the ...
Duets in breeding pairs may reflect a situation of conflict, whereby an individual answers its partn...
Mutual interactions between sexes have multiple signalling functions. Duet singing in songbirds is r...
Mutual interactions between sexes have multiple signalling functions. Duet singing in songbirds is r...
Mutual interactions between sexes have multiple signalling functions. Duet singing in songbirds is r...
Vocal-learners, such as songbirds, must practice singing in a developmentally sensitive period to ma...
Background: Duet function hypotheses have been mostly studied in bird species that produce duets wit...
Duetting is a collective behavior and might have multiple functions, including joint territory defen...
Same-sex sexual behaviors do not have direct fitness outcomes, but might be adaptive. This issue is ...
While there has been much research on the mating behaviors of birds, most attention has focused on e...
Females and males of many animals combine their vocalizations into coordinated acoustic duets. Duets...
While birdsong is a model system for animal communication studies, our knowledge is derived primaril...
Female bird song has been underappreciated and understudied, especially in temperate species. Birdso...
Coordinated mutual displays by two individuals are believed to play important roles in social and se...
Female bird song and combined vocal duets of mated pairs are both frequently associated with tropica...
Duetting behaviour is a unique form of animal communication that occurs in many diverse taxa in the ...
Duets in breeding pairs may reflect a situation of conflict, whereby an individual answers its partn...
Mutual interactions between sexes have multiple signalling functions. Duet singing in songbirds is r...
Mutual interactions between sexes have multiple signalling functions. Duet singing in songbirds is r...
Mutual interactions between sexes have multiple signalling functions. Duet singing in songbirds is r...
Vocal-learners, such as songbirds, must practice singing in a developmentally sensitive period to ma...
Background: Duet function hypotheses have been mostly studied in bird species that produce duets wit...
Duetting is a collective behavior and might have multiple functions, including joint territory defen...
Same-sex sexual behaviors do not have direct fitness outcomes, but might be adaptive. This issue is ...
While there has been much research on the mating behaviors of birds, most attention has focused on e...
Females and males of many animals combine their vocalizations into coordinated acoustic duets. Duets...
While birdsong is a model system for animal communication studies, our knowledge is derived primaril...
Female bird song has been underappreciated and understudied, especially in temperate species. Birdso...
Coordinated mutual displays by two individuals are believed to play important roles in social and se...
Female bird song and combined vocal duets of mated pairs are both frequently associated with tropica...
Duetting behaviour is a unique form of animal communication that occurs in many diverse taxa in the ...
Duets in breeding pairs may reflect a situation of conflict, whereby an individual answers its partn...