Song Dialects in a Population of Yellowhammers Emberiza citrinella in Denmark

1982 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Pape Moller
Keyword(s):  
Emberiza Citrinella ◽  
Song Dialects

Detailed large‐scale mapping of geographical variation of Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella song dialects in a citizen science project

Ibis ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 161 (2) ◽  
pp. 401-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucie Diblíková ◽  
Pavel Pipek ◽  
Adam Petrusek ◽  
Jiří Svoboda ◽  
Jana Bílková ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Geographical Variation ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Emberiza Citrinella ◽  
Song Dialects ◽  
Citizen Science Project

Inter-dialect dispersal is common in the Puget Sound white-crowned sparrow

Behaviour ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 154 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 809-834
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Nelson ◽  
Ben M. Nickley ◽  
Angelika Poesel ◽  
H. Lisle Gibbs ◽  
John W. Olesik
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Puget Sound ◽  
Trace Element Analysis ◽  
The Body ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Inductively Coupled ◽  
Genetic Structure Of Populations ◽  
Song Dialects ◽  
Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Dispersal in birds can have an important influence on the genetic structure of populations by affecting gene flow. In birds that learn their songs, dispersal can affect the ability of male birds to share songs in song dialects and may influence mate attraction. We used Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) trace element analysis on the body feathers of birds to assess dispersal among four song dialects. We found that (1) most males had a feather element profile typical of only one dialect location; (2) males singing non-local (‘foreign’) dialects in a focal population often learned their foreign songs outside the dialect; and (3) females often dispersed among dialects. We estimated 5% dispersal per year by yearling males between the site of moulting and breeding. Our estimate is consistent with genetic estimates of widespread gene flow between dialects in this subspecies of the white-crowned sparrow.

Microsatellite variation in the yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella: population structure of a declining farmland bird

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1633-1644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia L. M. Lee ◽  
Richard B. Bradbury ◽  
Jeremy D. Wilson ◽  
Nicola S. Flanagan ◽  
Lynne Richardson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
Microsatellite Variation ◽  
Emberiza Citrinella ◽  
Farmland Bird

Bird-song dialects: Filling in the gaps

1985 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliot A. Brenowitz
Keyword(s):  
Bird Song ◽  
Song Dialects

Signal value of alternating and overlapping singing in the Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella

2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz S. Osiejuk ◽  
Katarzyna Ratynska ◽  
Jakub P. Cygan
Keyword(s):  
Emberiza Citrinella ◽  
Signal Value

Sound Transmission: a Basis for Dialects in Birdsong?

Behaviour ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 124 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 291-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.E. Lemon ◽  
E.M. Date
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Features ◽  
Acoustic Environment ◽  
Several Variables ◽  
Open Forest ◽  
Forest Sites ◽  
American Redstarts ◽  
Song Dialects ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Pure Tones ◽  
Better Than

AbstractThe environmental adaptation hypothesis (EAH) regarding birdsong dialects or ncighbourhoods states that song similarities between neighbouring individuals arise because of common influences on their songs exerted by the acoustic environment of their habitat. An assumption of the hypothesis is that sounds are distorted differently by different types of habitat. A prediction of the hypothesis is that some songs or parts of songs transmit better than others, depending on the habitat of their origin. We tested the assumption and prediction by comparing the attenuation and differential attenuation of pure tones, decreases in modal frequencies of computer simulated songs of American redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla), and the decay of redstart songs and white noise at deciduous, coniferous and open forest sites. The songs were representative of those used by redstarts living in thc three habitats. Results supported the assumption of acoustic differences between habitats but did not support the prediction that some songtypes transmit with less distortion in specific habitats than in others. The EAH also predicts that individuals which inhabit similar vegetation should share more song features than individuals which inhabitat dissimilar vegetation. To test this prediciton samples of songs were taken from the three habitats in different years. There were significant associations by habitat in both samples, but only one of several variables measured was significant and the discriminating variable was not the same for the two periods. Considering together the tests of the assumption and the two predictions, we conclude that for American redstarts evidence of the influence of the acoustic features of habitat on the formation of song dialects is mixed and not convincing.

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