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ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2024

The ecology of zebra finch song and its implications for vocal communication in multi-level societies.

Hugo Loning, Simon C Griffith, Marc Naguib

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Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Utterance evolution: the road to generative, combinatorial communicators.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026
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  2. Assessing the Role of Vocal Plasticity in Sociospatial Coordination.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  6. The role of musical pitch in long-distance defensive signaling.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025
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  9. The power of sound: unravelling how acoustic communication shapes group dynamics.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Hugo LoningBehavioural Ecology Group, Wageningen University & Research , 6708 WD, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3845-1053
Simon C GriffithSchool of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University , Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7612-4999
Marc NaguibBehavioural Ecology Group, Wageningen University & Research , 6708 WD, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0494-4888

Funding

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek ALWOP.334
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acoustic signalling is crucial in affecting movements and in social interactions. In species with dynamic social structures, such as multi-level societies, acoustic signals can provide a key mechanism allowing individuals to identify and find or avoid each other and to exchange information. Yet, if the spacing between individuals regularly exceeds the maximum signalling range, the relation between movements and signals becomes more complex. As the best-studied songbird in captivity, the zebra finch (

Indexed as

FinchesSocial BehaviorVocalization, AnimalAnimalsFemaleMalebirdsonglow-amplitude vocalizationssocial hotspotsong ecologyspatial organizationTaeniopygia castanotis

Identifiers

PMID38768203
PMCPMC11391294

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