ArticleNature2024
The hidden fitness of the male zebra finch courtship song.
Article in Nature, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 7 papers.
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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.
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Re-examining hidden fitness: Female preferences for long-path songs in zebra finches.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Sexual selection for single song repertoires.Learning & behavior · 2025Article
- Conserving avian vocal culture.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- Cultural processes and demography: implications for conservation and beyond.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Assessing female call responses to syllable level details in song.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
- Retraction · 2026-04-15Concerns/Issues about Methods · Error in Data · Error in Methods · Investigation by Third Party · Unreliable Results and/or Conclusions · · see also: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00677-6
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Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Vocal learning in songbirds is thought to have evolved through sexual selection, with female preference driving males to develop large and varied song repertoires
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