Fifty years of bird song research: a case study in animal behaviour

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Animal Communication and Noise (2013, background): “Bird song has inspired artists and scientists alike, and during the last half century bird song has become an important model in the study of animal behaviour (Slater 2003).”
A call to document female bird songs: Applications for diverse fields (2018, background): “The deficit of female bird song research stems largely from a geographic bias that has resulted in a focus on male bird song (Kroodsma et al. 1996, Slater 2003, Beecher and Brenowitz 2005, Catchpole and Slater 2008).”
Songs of male humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, are involved in intersexual interactions (2008, unknown): “several functions, the degree to which it functions for the repulsion of rivals versus for mate attraction, and the aspects of singing behaviour that are important to each function, are likely to vary with species (Slater 2003; Marler & Slabbekoorn 2004).”
Experimental alteration of male song quality and output affects female mate choice and pair bond formation in zebra finches (2005, background): “Although bird song is thought to be important in mate attraction, little is known about how females perceive differences in song and which specific elements of song females prefer (Riebel 2003; Slater 2003).”