Song Repertoire Size and Male Quality in Song Sparrows

The Condor ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 222 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Searcy ◽  
Patrick D. McArthur ◽  
Ken Yasukawa
Keyword(s):  
Male Quality ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Song Sparrows

scholarly journals Song repertoire size varies with HVC volume and is indicative of male quality in song sparrows ( Melospiza melodia )

2007 ◽  
Vol 274 (1621) ◽  
pp. 2035-2040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy A Pfaff ◽  
Liana Zanette ◽  
Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton ◽  
Elizabeth A MacDougall-Shackleton
Keyword(s):  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Male Quality ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Song Sparrows

scholarly journals Fitness Correlates of Song Repertoire Size in Free‐Living Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

2005 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M. Reid ◽  
Peter Arcese ◽  
Alice L. E. V. Cassidy ◽  
Sara M. Hiebert ◽  
James N. M. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Song Sparrows

Male quality and song repertoires in western meadowlarks (Sturnella neglecta)

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 1059-1061 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew G. Horn ◽  
Thomas E. Dickinson ◽  
J. Bruce Falls
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Wing Length ◽  
Territory Size ◽  
Male Quality ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Signalling System ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sturnella Neglecta ◽  
Song Repertoires

The relationship between song repertoire size and measures of male quality and reproductive success was examined in a Manitoba population of western meadowlarks (Sturnella neglecta). Repertoire size correlated positively with the singer's wing length but not with mass or territory size. Males with larger repertoires tended to pair earlier and males with higher pairing success had larger repertoires. Repertoire size correlated positively with fledging success independently of pairing success. As suggested for other species, repertoire size might serve as a signal to females of male quality. We suggest mechanisms by which this signalling system is maintained.

Song repertoire size predicts initial mating success in male song sparrows, Melospiza melodia

2004 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 1055-1063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M. Reid ◽  
Peter Arcese ◽  
Alice L.E.V. Cassidy ◽  
Sara M. Hiebert ◽  
James N.M. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Male Song ◽  
Song Sparrows

Song repertoire size in male song sparrows correlates with detour reaching, but not with other cognitive measures

2011 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 1209-1216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeltje J. Boogert ◽  
Rindy C. Anderson ◽  
Susan Peters ◽  
William A. Searcy ◽  
Stephen Nowicki
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Measures ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Male Song ◽  
Song Sparrows

scholarly journals Territory establishment, song learning strategies and survival in song sparrows

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Çağlar Akçay ◽  
S. Elizabeth. Campbell ◽  
Saethra Darling ◽  
Michael D. Beecher
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Song Learning ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Song Sharing ◽  
Sedentary Population ◽  
Song Sparrows

AbstractIn most songbirds the processes of song learning and territory establishment overlap in the early life of young birds who usually winds up with songs matching those of their territorial neighbors in their first breeding season. In the present study, we examined the relationships among the timing of territory establishment, the pattern of song learning and territorial success in a sedentary population of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia). Males in this population show high song sharing within neighborhoods derving from their learning most of their songs from neighboring males. These shared songs are preferentially used in interactions with neighbors. Males also show significant variation in the timing of territory establishment, ranging from their first summer until the next spring. Using a three-year dataset, we found that the timing of territory establishment did not systematically affect the composition of the song repertoire of the tutee: early establishers and late establishers learned equally as much from their primary tutors, and had a similar number of tutors and repertoire size. Timing of territory establishment also did not have an effect on subsequent survival on territory. Therefore, the song learning program of song sparrows seems versatile enough to lead to high song sharing even for birds that establish territories relatively late.

scholarly journals Hamilton and Zuk meet heterozygosity? Song repertoire size indicates inbreeding and immunity in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

2005 ◽  
Vol 272 (1562) ◽  
pp. 481-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
JaneM Reid ◽  
Peter Arcese ◽  
AliceL.E.V Cassidy ◽  
AmyB Marr ◽  
JamesN.M Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Song Sparrows

Blue Tit song repertoire size, male quality and interspecific competition

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Doutrelant ◽  
Jacques Blondel ◽  
Philippe Perret ◽  
Marcel M. Lambrechts
Keyword(s):  
Interspecific Competition ◽  
Male Quality ◽  
Blue Tit ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Song Repertoire

scholarly journals Fitness Correlates of Song Repertoire Size in Free-Living Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

2005 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 299
Author(s):  
Reid ◽  
Arcese ◽  
Alice L. E. V. Cassidy ◽  
Hiebert ◽  
James N. M. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Song Sparrows
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