Does age matter in song bird vocal interactions? Results from interactive playback experiments

The song of oscines provides an extensively studied model of age-dependent behaviour changes. Male and female receivers might use song characteristics to obtain information about the age of a signaller, which is often related to its quality. Whereas most of the age-dependent song changes have been s...

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Main Authors: Kiefer, Sarah, Scharff, Constance, Kipper, Silke
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222601/