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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2021

Loss of vocal culture and fitness costs in a critically endangered songbird.

Ross Crates, Naomi Langmore, Louis Ranjard, Dejan Stojanovic, Laura Rayner, Dean Ingwersen, Robert Heinsohn

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Social learning and culture in birds: emerging patterns and relevance to conservation.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  6. Conserving avian vocal culture.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  7. Strategies for integrating animal social learning and culture into conservation translocation practice.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  8. Cultural processes and demography: implications for conservation and beyond.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  9. Animal culture: conservation in a changing world.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  10. The effect of habitat health and environmental change on cultural diversity and richness in animals.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  17. Modeling how population size drives the evolution of birdsong, a functional cultural trait.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ross CratesFenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Linnaeus Way, Acton, Canberra 2601, Australia.
Naomi LangmoreResearch School of Biology, Australian National University, 46 Sullivan's Creek Rd, Acton, Canberra 2601, Australia.
Louis RanjardResearch School of Biology, Australian National University, 46 Sullivan's Creek Rd, Acton, Canberra 2601, Australia.
Dejan StojanovicFenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Linnaeus Way, Acton, Canberra 2601, Australia.
Laura RaynerFenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Linnaeus Way, Acton, Canberra 2601, Australia.
Dean IngwersenBirdLife Australia, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia.
Robert HeinsohnFenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Linnaeus Way, Acton, Canberra 2601, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cultures in humans and other species are maintained through interactions among conspecifics. Declines in population density could be exacerbated by culture loss, thereby linking culture to conservation. We combined historical recordings, citizen science and breeding data to assess the impact of severe population decline on song culture, song complexity and individual fitness in critically endangered regent honeyeaters (

Indexed as

PasseriformesSongbirdsAnimalsHumansMalePopulation DensitySpecies SpecificityVocalization, AnimalAllee effectanimal behaviourbioacousticscaptive breedingconservation biology

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PMID33726592
PMCPMC8059949

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