Song repertoire size predicts initial mating success in male song sparrows, Melospiza melodia

By Jane M. Reid, P. Arcese, Alice Cassidy, S. M. Hiebert, James N. M. Smith, P. Stoddard, Amy B. Marr, L. Keller. 2004

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Subfields: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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In Developmental Biology

1. W. A. Searcy
2. S. Nowicki
3. J. Podos
4. N. Boogert
5. D. Mennill
6. L. Lefebvre
7. E. Hebets
8. John A. Byers

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. W. A. Searcy
2. S. Nowicki
3. N. Boogert
4. J. Podos
5. L. Lefebvre
6. D. Mennill
7. E. Hebets
8. John A. Byers

Citations in the corpus

• SONG AND MATE CHOICE IN BIRDS: HOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEHAVIOR HELPS US UNDERSTAND FUNCTION (2005, background): “In general, females are more a racted to and more likely to mate with males that have larger repertoires or sing more complex songs (Catchpole 1980; Searcy 1984; Catchpole et al. 1984, 1986; Hasselquist et al. 1996; Reid et al. 2004).”
• SONG SPARROW (MELOSPIZA MELODIA) SONG VARIES WITH URBAN NOISE (2006, background): “For instance, the quality of male song-learning has been positively correlated with female preferences (Nowicki et al. 2002), as has song repertoire size (Searcy 1984, Reid et al. 2004) and geographically dependent dialectic variation (Searcy et al. 2002).”
• Seasonal variation in the duetting behaviour of rufous-and-white wrens (Thryothorus rufalbus) (2008, background): “2005; Trillo & Vehrencamp 2005); and how female mate choice influences the fine structural characteristics o f song and male singing performance (e.g. Ballentine et al. 2004; Reid et al. 2004).”
• Female mate choice based upon male motor performance (2010, result): “There is significant disagreement, however, about the extent to which this hypothesis is supported by available evidence, in spite of several compelling data sets correlating repertoire size and male mating success (Hasselquist et al., 1996; Reid et al., 2004).”
• Song repertoire size in male song sparrows correlates with detour reaching, but not with other cognitive measures (2011, background): “…of song types induce more copulation solicitation displays in captive females (Searcy &Marler 1981; Searcy 1984) and male song repertoire size correlates with earlier pairing dates in the field (Reid et al. 2004), suggesting that this measure of song complexity affects female choice of mates.”
• Bird Species (2018, unknown): “firmly associated with repertoire size (Reid et al. 2004).”
• Extrapair paternity in chestnut-sided warblers is correlated with consistent vocal performance (2007, background): “In a second approach, investigators search, in natural populations, for correlations between variable features of male singing and potential indicators of male reproductive success that are presumed to reflect the outcome of female choice (e.g., Buchanan and Catchpole 1997; Lampe and Espmark 2003; R”
• Song complexity correlates with learning ability in zebra finch males. (2008, background): “…a single song consisting of 3 to 14 different syllables (Clayton & Pröve 1989), to species such as the song sparrow, Melospiza melodia, with 4 to 13 distinct songs (Reid et al. 2004) and starling, Sturnus vulgaris, whose repertoire can contain up to 68 different songs (Mountjoy & Lemon 1996).”
• Experimental alteration of male song quality and output affects female mate choice and pair bond formation in zebra finches (2005, background): “…Eens et al. 1991; Mountjoy & Lemon 1996; sedge warblers, Acrocephallus schoenobaenus: Buchanan & Catchpole 1997; song sparrows, Melospiza melodia: Reid et al. 2004), more syllable types (zebra finches: Clayton & Pröve 1989), short syllables and short intersyllable intervals (canaries: Vallet &…”