Extrapair paternity in chestnut-sided warblers is correlated with consistent vocal performance

By B. Byers. 2007

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

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Three decades of cultural evolution in Savannah sparrow songs (2013, background): “The degree of consistency across songs sung by individual males of several species increases with age (Byers 2007; Botero et al. 2009; de Kort et al. 2009), indicating that consistency may be difficult to acquire, particularly for sounds that are vocally challenging.”
Changing philosophies and tools for statistical inferences in behavioral ecology (2009, methodology): “Priors are used to establish initial probability distributions for the parameters in the model, and they set out the parameter space where the Markov chain is allowed to explore.”
Pairs of zebra finches with similar ‘personalities’ make better parents (2011, background): “Furthermore, such studies have traditionally focused on the role of differences between individuals rather than the role of individual behavioural consistency (but see Byers 2007 and Botero et al. 2009 for sexual song display).”
Male satin bowerbird problem-solving ability predicts mating success (2009, unknown): “…a recent study found that the ability of male zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata, to learn a foraging task was related to song complexity (Boogert et al. 2008), a trait known to influence mate choice in this species and others (e.g. Hasselquist et al. 1996; Byers 2007; Coleman et al. 2007).”
Accuracy of song syntax learning and singing consistency signal early condition in zebra finches (2008, background): “As yet, singing consistency is not routinely measured, but there is some evidence in several songbird species that consistent vocal performance indicates male quality (Lambrechts and Dhondt 1986; Christie et al. 2004; Byers 2007 ).”
Chapter 5 Vocal Performance and Sensorimotor Learning in Songbirds (2009, background): “In a recent study of chestnut-sided warblers (Dendroica pensylvanica), Byers (2007) documented individual variation in song consistency across a number of frequency and temporal song parameters, using coefficients of variation (CV).”
Song complexity correlates with learning ability in zebra finch males. (2008, background): “A prominent example of a sexually selected trait is bird song: females prefer males with specific song features that may involve the song’s structure, rate of output and quality of vocal performance (see reviews in Nowicki & Searcy 2004; Kipper et al. 2006; Byers 2007).”
Female mate choice based upon male motor performance (2010, background): “Other vocal components that may reveal male vocal skill include the production of constant note frequency ratios (Christie et al. 2004), of song repertoires with high proportions of trilled songs (Schmidt et al. 2008), and of high-frequency notes with consistency (Byers 2007).”