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ArticleEcology and evolution2025

Building Complexity From Simplicity: A Songbird's Vocal Repertoire Varies Among Populations Despite Similarity of Syllables.

Aya Marck, Oren Kolodny, Yoni Vortman, Rachel Ben-Shlomo, Yizhar Lavner

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Aya MarckThe Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9775-6046
Oren KolodnyThe Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0095-693X
Yoni VortmanHula Research Center, Department of Animal Sciences Tel-Hai College Upper Galilee Israel.
Rachel Ben-ShlomoDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Haifa - Oranim Tivon Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9539-2251
Yizhar LavnerDepartment of Computer Science Tel-Hai College Upper Galilee Israel.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vocal communication plays a critical role in understanding animal behavior, evolution, and cognition. We developed an automated system combining audio signal processing and machine learning (supervised and unsupervised) to characterize the vocal repertoire of the White Spectacled Bulbul (

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acoustic variationdialectsPycnonotus xanthopygossyllable similarityvocal repertoireWhite Spectacled Bulbul

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PMID40936596
PMCPMC12422752

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