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ArticleBMC biology2014

Studying the silent side of birdsong.

Gonçalo C Cardoso

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Article in BMC biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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1 author.

Gonçalo C Cardoso

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The quality of complex communication signals, such as birdsong, is difficult to assess and compare across individuals or species. A new study on skylark song avoids the problem of signal complexity by assessing motor performance during the silent gaps of songs. This provides a metric of song quality applicable to species with very diverse songs, which facilitates novel types of analyses and comparisons in avian bioacoustics.

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AnimalsBiological EvolutionSongbirdsVocalization, Animal

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PMID25184387
PMCPMC4243775

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