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The organization and variability of song in Northern House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon parkmanii)Kaluthota, Chinthaka Dhanyakumara January 2013 (has links)
Hypothesized functions of complex song in birds include a role in mate attraction
and territory defense and, through regional dialects, in genetic substructuring of
populations and speciation. The necessary first step in testing such functions is a detailed
characterization of song organization and variability. This is provided for the Northern
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon), a species noted for complex song, but lacking detailed
descriptions. The species was studied at two sites in Alberta with a sample of 15,000
songs from 15 males. Males sang in long bouts, each song composed of multiple syllable
types and repeated many times before switching. The population repertoire of 27
syllables was almost entirely shared, but used to construct novel repertoires of up to 200
different song types for individual males without evidence of a ceiling. Additional
flexibility and constraints in song construction are discussed in view of the above noted
functions of song complexity. / x, 111 leaves : ill., maps ; 29 cm
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Song sharing in the northern house wren (Troglodytes aedon parkmanii)Fouillard, Chantel Clarice January 2013 (has links)
This work provides an initial characterization of song sharing among males in the Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon parkmanii). A sample of 21 different males was studied at two different locations across two breeding seasons in southern Alberta, Canada. In total, 35,067 songs were analyzed to assess patterns of song sharing among males within and between study sites and in returning males between years. Virtually all syllable types (n=27) were shared among males. However, they were used to create very large repertoires of mostly unique song types. Absolute levels of song sharing among males was low but song sharing was higher among neighbouring males and decreased with increasing distance between males and across study sites. These patterns are discussed as they relate to important issues in the process of song learning, in the functions of large song repertoires in mate attraction and territory defense, and in the potential formation of dialects in this species. / xi, 102 leaves ; 29 cm
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