Age-related variation in song repertoire size and repertoire sharing of yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia)
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 64 (9) , 1926-1929
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z86-289
Abstract
Songs of male yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia), ranging from 1 to 6 years of age, were recorded in the spring and summer of 1984. Recorded repertoire size and number of songs shared with neighbours varied positively with age in the spring but not in summer. Neither clutch initiation date nor fledging success varied with age or number of songs shared but both measures of reproductive success varied with size of recorded song repertoire.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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