Vocal ontogeny

Global incidence of female birdsong is predicted by territoriality and biparental care in songbirds
Pronounced sexual dimorphism is generally assumed to evolve through sexual selection for elaborate male traits. However, there is …
Odom J. Karan, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Lauryn Benedict, Kristi Lim, James Dale, Wesley H. Webb, Catherine Sheard, Joseph A. Tobias, Gregory F. Ball, Michelle L. Hall, Naomi E. Langmore, Michael S. Webster, Katharina Riebel
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Persistent vocal learning in an aging open-ended learner reflected in neural FoxP2 expression
Most vocal learning species exhibit an early critical period during which their vocal control neural circuitry facilitates the …
Bushra Moussaoui, Kennedy Ulmer, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Timothy F. Wright
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Evidence for maintenance of key components of vocal learning in ageing budgerigars despite diminished affiliative social interaction
In some species, the ability to acquire new vocalizations persists into adult- hood and may be an important mediator of social …
Bushra Moussaoui, Samantha L. Overcashier, Gregory M. Kohn, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Timothy F. Wright
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Sex role similarity and sexual selection predict male and female song elaboration and dimorphism in fairy-wrens
Historically, bird song complexity was thought to evolve primarily through sexual selection on males; yet, in many species, both sexes …
Karan J. Odom, Kristal E. Cain, Michelle L. Hall, Naomi E. Langmore, Raoul A. Mulder, Sonia Kleindorfer, Jordan Karubian, Lyanne Brouwer, Erik D. Enbody, John Anthony Jones, Jenélle L. Dowling, Ana V. Leitão, Emma I. Greig, Christine Evans, Allison E. Johnson, Kimberley K. A. Meyers, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Michael S. Webster
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Ontogeny of an interactive call-and-response system in Spix’s disc-winged bats
We investigated the ontogenetic changes of two call types, the inquiry call and the response call, whichcomprise an interactive …
Marcelo Araya-Salas, Andres Hernández-Pinsón, Nazareth Rojas Rojas, Gloriana Chaverri
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Individual signatures outweigh social group identity in contact calls of a communally nesting parrot
Despite longstanding interest in the evolutionary origins and maintenance of vocal learning, we know relatively little about how social …
Grace Smith-Vidaurre, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Timothy F Wright
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Early development of vocal interaction rules in a duetting songbird
Exchange of vocal signals is an important aspect of animal communication. Although birdsong is the premier model for understanding …
Karla D Rivera-cáceres, Esmeralda Quirós-guerrero, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Christopher N Templeton, William A Searcy
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Neotropical wrens learn new duet rules as adults
Although song development in songbirds has been much studied as an analogue of language development in humans, the development of vocal …
K. D. Rivera-Cáceres, E. Quirós-Guerrero, Marcelo Araya-Salas, W. A. Searcy
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Open-ended song learning in a hummingbird
Vocal learning in birds is typically restricted to a sensitive period early in life, with the few exceptions reported in songbirds and …
Marcelo Araya-Salas, T. Wright
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