Chapter 2 – Vocal fighting and flirting: the functions of birdsong

By S. Collins. 2004

261 citations recorded by the source corpus.

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

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In Developmental Biology

1. K. Pollock
2. Theodore Simons
3. D. Hof
4. Nicole Hazlett
5. M. D. Beecher
6. M. Hall
7. W. A. Searcy
8. N. Seddon

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. D. Hof
2. Nicole Hazlett
3. M. D. Beecher
4. M. Hall
5. W. A. Searcy
6. N. Seddon
7. J. Tobias
8. A. Schneider

Citations in the corpus

• EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE AUDITORY DETECTION PROCESS ON AVIAN POINT COUNTS (2007, background): “Male birds 5 sing at higher rates early in the breeding season when competition for females is strongest (Collins 2004).”
• Developmental stress impairs song complexity but not learning accuracy in non-domesticated zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) (2007, background): “In a number of avian species, females prefer to mate with males with more complex songs (Collins 2004) and can potentially derive both direct (Buchanan and Catchpole 2000) and indirect (Hasselquist et al. 1996) benefits from doing so.”
• Song as an aggressive signal in songbirds (2009, result): “These results are compatible with there being a peaked relationship between response and threat intensity (Collins 2004; de Kort et al. 2009), with males responding most strongly to opponents whose quality is perceived as similar to their own, and responding less strongly to opponents of higher or…”
• Female mate choice and songbird song repertoires (2009, unknown): “A possible answer to this question is that song repertoires have arisen in response to sexual selection imposed by female mate choice (Searcy & Yasukawa 1996; MacDougall-Shackleton 1997; Collins 2004).”
• Research, part of a Special Feature on Effects of Roads and Traffic on Wildlife Populations and Landscape Function Impacts of Traffic Noise and Traffic Volume on Birds of Roadside Habitats (2009, background): “Birds use calls and songs to attract and bond with mates, defend territories from rivals, maintain contact with social groups, beg for food, and warn of danger from approaching predators (Collins 2004, Marler 2004).”
• Quantitative criteria for species delimitation (2010, background): “We focused on songs rather than call notes, as songs tend to function in mate-choice and hence in reproductive isolation in birds (Collins 2004).”
• Coordination between the sexes for territorial defence in a duetting fairy-wren (2008, background): “Although its possession is valuable to females as well as males, territorial defence tends to be regarded as the domain of male birds (Catchpole & Slater 1995; Collins 2004).”
• Low-amplitude song predicts attack in a North American wood warbler (2010, background): “Moreover, if a signal does contain information about aggressive intent, it is unclear whether a receiver would be expected to respond aggressively or retreat (Searcy & Nowicki 2000; Collins 2004).”
• Songs of male humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, are involved in intersexual interactions (2008, unknown): “In many taxa, male song also has an important function in deterring rival males in intrasexual competition over a mate or territory (see reviews by Andersson 1994; Gerhardt & Huber 2002; Collins 2004).”