Developmental stress affects the attractiveness of male song and female choice in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

By K. Spencer, J. H. Wimpenny, K. Buchanan, P. Lovell, A. Goldsmith, C. Catchpole. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2005

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

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Accuracy of song syntax learning and singing consistency signal early condition in zebra finches (2008, background): “Developmental stress can affect the size of song control brain nuclei (Nowicki et al. 2002; Buchanan et al. 2004; Spencer et al. 2005a; MacDonald et al. 2006), but the relationship between this effect and the effect we report on syntax learning remains to be established.”
Song complexity correlates with learning ability in zebra finch males. (2008, background): “…studies has confirmed the detrimental effects of developmental stress on song complexity and the brain structures underlying song learning (Buchanan et al. 2003, 2004; Spencer et al. 2003, 2004, 2005a, b; MacDonald et al. 2006; Soma et al. 2006; Zann & Cash 2008; but see Gil et al. 2006).”
Preferred songs predict preferred males: consistency and repeatability of zebra finch females across three test contexts (2007, background): “In close-ended learners such as zebra finches, song structure may reflect how well a male fared during posthatch development and thus provide a condition-dependent signal of males’ early development (Nowicki et al., 1998; Spencer et al., 2003; Spencer et al., 2005b, but see Gil et al., 2006).”
Developmental stress impairs song complexity but not learning accuracy in non-domesticated zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) (2007, methodology): “In caged domesticated zebra finches, Spencer et al. (2003, 2005) found that stress induced by either food restriction or injections of corticosterone resulted in less complex songs (fewer syllables and fewer syllable types).”