Vocal interactions in nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos): more aggressive males have higher pairing success

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Song as an aggressive signal in songbirds (2009, methodology): “Kunc et al. (2006) confronted nocturnally singing nightingales with playback during the prebreeding period, and then observed whether their subjects later succeeded in pairing.”
From eavesdropping on performance to copying the behavior of others: a review of public information use (2007, unknown): “Dominant individuals typically are those that can overlap their song onto that of an opponent’s song (e.g., Brindley 1991; Dabelsteen et al. 1996; Kunc et al. 2006).”