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Ecology and morphology as drivers of passerine song differentiation across an island archipelago

We conducted an integrative analysis to explore possible explanations for the song differentiation in bird populations from the …

Marco F. Ortiz-Ramírez, Eduardo Iñigo-Elías, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Fernanda Bribiesca-Contreras, Luis A. Sánchez-González, Juan Francisco Ornelas, Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza

A dataset of records of alien vertebrates in mountains of the World

Mountains host highly diverse biota that are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic pressures around the globe. Although biological …

Adrián García-Rodríguez, David Umhauer, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Ali Omer, Bernd Lenzner, Anna Schertler, Hanno Seebens, Julián A. Velasco, Belinda Gallardo, César Capinha, Stefan Dullinger, Franz Essl

The role of conservation bioacoustics in achieving global biodiversity goals

Conservation bioacoustics—the science of recording and analysing animal sounds for biodiversity conservation—has become an important …

Santiago Perea, Tessa A. Rhinehart, Léa Bouffaut, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Isla K. Davidson, Luisa F. Arcila-Pérez, Justin Kitzes, Zuzana Buřivalová

Variation in sexual size dimorphism and fit to rensch’s rule in Costa Rican hummingbirds

Rensch’s rule predicts that sexual size dimorphism (SSD) increases with body mass in species where males are larger but decreases when …

G. Avalos, F. Triana, J. Klank, Marcelo Araya-Salas

Chronic stress raises baseline circulating corticosterone and reduces vocal plasticity in male budgerigars, an avian model for adult vocal learning

Chronic stress affects cognitive function across many domains, including memory, decision making and learning. While the effects of …

T. Wright, Marcelo Araya-Salas, A. Villalba, A.M.-F. Clayshulte Abraham, C.I. Campos, A.L. Schmidt, C. Draney, J.M. Jawor

Variation in echolocation call emission of Neotropical insect-eating bats in response to shifting ambient temperatures

The sensory systems of animals are essential for them to respond to environmental cues and signals. However, their functionality might …

P. Iturralde-Polit, Marcelo Araya-Salas, HR Goerlitz, G. Chaverri

Genomic insights reveal community structure and phylogenetic associations of endohyphal bacteria and viruses in fungal endophytes

Endohyphal microbial communities, composed of bacteria and viruses residing within fungal hyphae, play important roles in shaping …

E. Escudero-Leyva, M. Belle, A. Dadkhahtehrani, J.N. Culver, Marcelo Araya-Salas, J.P. Kutza, N. Goldson, M. Chavarría, P. Chaverri

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

Bioacoustic fundamental frequency estimation: a cross-species dataset and deep learning baseline

The fundamental frequency (F0) is a key parameter for characterising structures in vertebrate vocalisations, for instance defining …

Paul Best, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Axel G. Ekström, Bárbara Freitas, Frants H. Jensen, Arik Kershenbaum, Adriano R. Lameira, Kenna D. S. Lehmann, Pavel Linhart, Robert C. Liu, Malavika Madhavan, Andrew Markham, Marie A. Roch, Holly Root-Gutteridge, Martin Šálek, Grace Smith-Vidaurre, Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin, Megan R. Warren, Matthew Wijers, Ricard Marxer

Environmental drivers of calling activity in the critically endangered Lemur Leaf frog, Agalychnis lemur (Hylidae:Phyllomedusinae)

Tropical frog species are known to exhibit high sensitivity to weather regime alterations, which leaves them vulnerable to ongoing …

Fabiola Chirino, Beatriz Willink, Jorge Elizondo-Calvo, Wagner Chaves-Acuña, Diego Salas-Solano, Jose Salazar-Zúñiga, Marcelo Araya-Salas