Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28964148›Full record

ArticleChaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)2017

Nonlinear dynamics in the study of birdsong.

Gabriel B Mindlin

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Article in Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Exploring nonlinear phenomena in animal vocalizations through oscillator theory.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  2. Vocal registers expand signal diversity in vertebrate vocal communication.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Gabriel B MindlinDepartamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires IFIBA, CONICET, Argentina.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Birdsong, a rich and complex behavior, is a stellar model to understand a variety of biological problems, from motor control to learning. It also enables us to study how behavior emerges when a nervous system, a biomechanical device and the environment interact. In this review, I will show that many questions in the field can benefit from the approach of nonlinear dynamics, and how birdsong can inspire new directions for research in dynamics.

Indexed as

Nonlinear DynamicsAnimalsAnimal StructuresBirdsModels, BiologicalNeuronsVocalization, Animal

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PMID28964148
PMCPMC5605333

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