Habitat-related differences in song structure and complexity in a songbird with a large repertoire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urbanisation has been shown to influence many aspects of animal vocal communication. Much attention has been paid to anthropogenic noise, which is often described as one of the most challenging disturbances for urban dwellers. While a large body of literature describes associations between vocal behavior of avian populations and background noise level, most of these studies were conducted on species with relatively simple songs and small repertoire sizes. This study focuses on the song thrush, Turdus philomelos, a common Eurasian songbird with a complex singing style and large syllable repertoire. Our objective was to determine whether frequency, repertoire and temporal organisation of song parameters vary between birds inhabiting urban and adjacent forest habitats in wh

SUBMITTER: Deoniziak K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6749692 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature