Element repertoire: change and development with age in Whitethroat Sylvia communis song

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Element repertoire: change and development with age in Whitethroat Sylvia communis song. / Balsby, T.J.S.; Hansen, P.

I: Journal of Ornithology, Bind 151, Nr. 2, 2010, s. 469-476.

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Balsby, TJS & Hansen, P 2010, 'Element repertoire: change and development with age in Whitethroat Sylvia communis song', Journal of Ornithology, bind 151, nr. 2, s. 469-476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-009-0481-4

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Balsby, T. J. S., & Hansen, P. (2010). Element repertoire: change and development with age in Whitethroat Sylvia communis song. Journal of Ornithology, 151(2), 469-476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-009-0481-4

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Balsby TJS, Hansen P. Element repertoire: change and development with age in Whitethroat Sylvia communis song. Journal of Ornithology. 2010;151(2):469-476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-009-0481-4

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Balsby, T.J.S. ; Hansen, P. / Element repertoire: change and development with age in Whitethroat Sylvia communis song. I: Journal of Ornithology. 2010 ; Bind 151, Nr. 2. s. 469-476.

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abstract = "Song repertoires are often important determiningfactors in sexual selection. In several species, oldermales have larger repertoires than 1-year-old males. Thedevelopment of large song repertoires by an individual is,however, poorly understood. We studied song elementrepertoire changes in five individual male WhitethroatsSylvia communis sampled as 1- and 2-year olds. Thesemales increased the size of their element repertoirebetween their first and second year, but song length andnumber of different elements per song did not change. Onaverage, 44.3% of the song elements in the first-year repertoirewere also found in the second-year repertoire.Elements shared between years were found earlier in thesongs and tended to occur in sequences. Sequences ofshared elements also seemed to be conserved betweenyears. The study suggests that the song element repertoireof the second year is partly based on the first-year repertoire,which may explain why large song repertoires aremainly expressed by males at least 2 years of age. It wouldappear, therefore, that song element repertoire size couldbe a reliable signal of male age.",
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