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ArticleRoyal Society open science2024

Frequency-dependence may moderate fitness costs linked to reduced bird song complexity.

Daniel Appleby, Naomi Langmore, Robert Heinsohn, Ross Crates

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. 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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  3. Conserving avian vocal culture.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

4 authors.

Daniel ApplebyFenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3132-0985
Naomi LangmoreResearch School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3368-6697
Robert HeinsohnFenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2514-9448
Ross CratesFenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7660-309X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animal cultures can undergo rapid changes associated with innovations, revolutions or population decline. Where a rapid shift results in reduced complexity of cultural behaviours, it may have fitness consequences for individuals. Here, we report a dramatic shift in the dominant song type of critically endangered wild regent honeyeaters

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birdsongconservationculture

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PMID39416229
PMCPMC11479755

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