The evolution of bird song: male and female response to song innovation in swamp sparrows

Authors :: Nowicki, Stephen
Searcy, William A.
Hughes, Melissa
Podos, Jeffrey
Source :: Animal Behaviour. Dec, 2001, Vol. 62 Issue 6, p1189, 7 p.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: The songs of swamp sparrows are compared for their ability to attract mates, depending upon the relative innovation of the song syntax. Female birds are shown to be more conservative about song syntax than male birds.

Subjects :: Sparrows
Sexual selection in animals -- Research
Zoology and wildlife conservation
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