Repertoires and Geographical Variation in Bird Song

The genetical theory of natural selection

1930 • 17,330 citations

Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.

1976 • 6,498 citations

Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach

1992 • 3,875 citations

Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.

1976 • 2,910 citations

Behavioural ecology: An evolutionary approach

1979 • 2,010 citations

The logic of asymmetric contests

1976 • 1,931 citations

Ecological Sources of Selection on Avian Sounds

1975 • 1,559 citations

Optimization Theory in Evolution

1978 • 1,121 citations

Physical constraints on acoustic communication in the atmosphere: Implications for the evolution of animal vocalizations

1978 • 1,061 citations

A comparative approach to vocal learning: Song development in white-crowned sparrows.

1970 • 927 citations

Animal signals: information or manipulation?

1978 • 757 citations

Sound transmission and its significance for animal vocalization

1977 • 727 citations

Competition and the Structure of Bird Communities

1975 • 700 citations

THE LEARNING OF SONG PATTERNS BY BIRDS, WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SONG OF THE CHAFFINCH FRINGILLA COELEBS

1958 • 595 citations

Culturally Transmitted Patterns of Vocal Behavior in Sparrows

1964 • 575 citations

Song "Dialects" in Three Populations of White-Crowned Sparrows

1962 • 548 citations

Measurement of Territory and Home Range Size in Birds

1955 • 533 citations

Reverberations and Amplitude Fluctuations in the Propagation of Sound in a Forest: Implications for Animal Communication

1980 • 505 citations

Comparative Studies of the Behaviour of Gulls (Laridae): a Progress Report1)

1960 • 493 citations

Ontogeny of Bird Song

1970 • 482 citations

The Origins of Vocal Learning

1972 • 446 citations

Song development in the zebra finch and other estrildid finches

1969 • 401 citations

Sexual imprinting and optimal outbreeding

1978 • 390 citations

Selective Vocal Learning in a Sparrow

1977 • 383 citations

Song repertoires and territory defence in the great tit

1978 • 373 citations

Sound transmission and its significance for animal vocalization

1977 • 358 citations

The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection

1932 • 347 citations

Reproductive Development in a Female Songbird: Differential Stimulation by Quality of Male Song

1976 • 335 citations

Cultural transmission of song patterns and dialect development in a free-living bird population

1978 • 327 citations

The Song of the Chingolo, Zonotrichia capensis, in Argentina: Description and Evaluation of a System of Dialects

1969 • 327 citations

The evolution of bird coloration

1979 • 319 citations

Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Complex Songs Among European Warblers of the Genus Acr Ocephal Us

1980 • 287 citations

Geographical Variation in the Song of the Great Tit (Parus major) in Relation to Ecological Factors

1979 • 271 citations

The Role of Dispersal in the Great Tit (Parus major): The Causes, Consequences and Heritability of Natal Dispersal

1979 • 266 citations

Experimental Studies of Primate Vocalization: Specializations for Long‐distance Propagation

1977 • 257 citations

Relationship between Song Repertoire and Age in the Canary, Serinus canarius

1978 • 237 citations

The significance of song repertoires: The Beau Geste hypothesis

1977 • 235 citations

Vocal Imitation and Individual Recognition of Finch Calls

1970 • 232 citations

Individual Recognition of Voice in the Social Behavior of Birds

1971 • 226 citations

Convergent Characteristics in Sympatric Species: A Possible Relation to Interspecific Competition and Aggression

1969 • 225 citations

The hawk-dove game played between relatives

1979 • 221 citations

A Study of Bird Song

1964 • 214 citations

COMPETITION AND THE STRUCTURE OF BIRD COMMUNITIES

1975 • 213 citations

Endogenously controlled changes in migratory direction of the garden warbler,Sylvia borin

1978 • 211 citations

The Monotony-Threshold in Singing Birds

1956 • 208 citations

Studies in the Life History of the Song Sparrow II. The Behavior of the Song Sparrow and Other Passerines.

1944 • 203 citations

How Birds Develop Song Dialects

1975 • 203 citations

Song Repertoires and Lifetime Reproductive Success in the Great Tit (Parus major)

1981 • 201 citations

Song learning, dialects, and dispersal in the bewick's wren.

1974 • 194 citations

Long-term recognition of father's song by female zebra finches

1979 • 193 citations

Song repertoires and sexual selection in the Red-winged Blackbird

1980 • 192 citations

THE INFLUENCE OF SEXUAL SELECTION AND INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION ON MOCKINGBIRD SONG ( MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS )

1974 • 186 citations

Correlates of Song Organization Among North American Wrens

1977 • 170 citations

Behavior, Mimetic Songs and Song Dialects, and Relationships of the Parasitic Indigobirds (Vidua) of Africa

1973 • 169 citations

Communication By Agonistic Displays: What Can Games Theory Contribute To Ethology ?

1979 • 167 citations

Continental Patterns of Song Variability in Zonotrichia capensis: Some Possible Ecological Correlates

1975 • 165 citations

Social Organization and Mating Success in Local Song Populations of Village Indigobirds, Vidua chalybeata

1977 • 163 citations

The Vocal Behaviour of the Indian Hill Mynah, Gracula religiosa

1970 • 152 citations

Sound Reception in Different Environments

1978 • 145 citations

Song repertoires in the red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus): A test of the Beau Geste hypothesis

1981 • 140 citations

Born to Sing

1974 • 138 citations

Adaptive morphology of song dialects in Darwin's finches

1979 • 136 citations

The nature of life

1961 • 128 citations

Habituation and song repertoires in the great tit

1976 • 127 citations

Individual recognition by song in white-throated sparrows. III. Song features used in individual recognition

1975 • 124 citations

Familientradition in der Gesangsentwicklung des Gimpels(Pyrrhula pyrrhula L.)

1959 • 124 citations

Effects of deafening on song development in American robins and black-headed grosbeaks.

1965 • 117 citations

Song Dialects and Colonization in the House Finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, on the East Coast

1975 • 113 citations

Vocal Dueling among Male Marsh Wrens: Evidence for Ritualized Expressions of Dominance/Subordinance

1979 • 107 citations

Songs of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia): individual variation and dialects

1972 • 105 citations

Song variation in a population of chestnut-sided warblers (Dendroica pensylvanica): its nature and suggested significance

1978 • 104 citations

GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN THE SONG OF CARDINALS

1966 • 102 citations

VARIATION IN THE SONG OF THE CHAFFINCH FRINGILLA COELEBS.

1952 • 101 citations

Geographic variation in bird vocalizations

1969 • 100 citations

The Effect of Large Song Repertoires on Neighbor "Recognition" in Male Song Sparrows

1976 • 97 citations

The Influence of Sexual Selection and Interspecific Competition on Mockingbird Song (Mimus polyglottos)

1974 • 95 citations

Complex song repertoire of male long billed marsh wrens in eastern washington usa

1975 • 94 citations

Microgeographic Variation in Songs of Splendid Sunbirds Nectarinia Coccinigaster : Population Phenetics, Habitats, and Song Dialects

1978 • 92 citations

A re-evaluation of song development in the song sparrow

1977 • 88 citations

Variation in the Song of the Rufous-Collared Sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis, in Northwestern Argentina

2010 • 87 citations

Geographical Variation in Song and Song Dialects of Montane White-Crowned Sparrows

1980 • 86 citations

Vocal Virtuosity in the Brown Thrasher

1977 • 86 citations

Geographical variation in song and song dialects of montane white-crowned sparrows

1980 • 85 citations

Song Variation in a Population of Indigo Buntings

1970 • 75 citations

Bird song dialects, repertoire size, and kin association

1978 • 72 citations

Effects of song tutoring and acoustic isolation on the song repertoires of cardinals

1969 • 71 citations

Variation in White-Throated Sparrow Songs

1965 • 69 citations

Duetting and antiphonal song in birds; its extent and significance

1972 • 68 citations

Gesangsgeographische Variation des Gartenbaumläufers (Certhia brachydactyla) im Hinblick auf das Artbildungsproblem2

2010 • 68 citations

Geographical Variation in Songs of California House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus)

1979 • 67 citations

Functional and Evolutionary Relationships of Vocal Copying Phenomena in Birds

2010 • 66 citations

Kinds of activities correlated with singing patterns of the yellow-throated vireo

1978 • 63 citations

Song Groups in a Singing Assembly of Little Hermits

1971 • 62 citations

Short term inhibition of outputs occurring in the vocal behaviour of blackbirds (Turdus merula m. L.)

1975 • 61 citations

Digestion of Dry Matter and Absorption of Water in the Intestine and Cecum of Rock Ptarmigan

1976 • 61 citations

Song Patterning in the Rock Wren

1975 • 61 citations

Specific Recognition in the Song of Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus Bonelli)

1976 • 61 citations

Genetic Structure of Two Populations of White-Crowned Sparrows with Different Song Dialects

1974 • 61 citations

Song Dialects and Genetic Differences in White-Crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

1975 • 60 citations

Song Dialects in the Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

1977 • 58 citations

Sequence of songs in repertoires of western meadowlarks (Sturnella neglecta)

1975 • 56 citations

Roles of the song repertoire in red-winged blackbirds

1979 • 51 citations

VOCALIZATIONS, SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE TWITE ACANTHUS FLAVIROSTRIS

1975 • 49 citations

Vocal mimicry of the paraside whydahs (Vidua) and response of female whydahs to the songs of their hosts (Pytilia) and their mimics

1973 • 49 citations

Ontogeny of Behavior

1980 • 45 citations

Bird Song and Territorial Behavior

1978 • 43 citations

Song Dialects as Barriers to Dispersal in White-Crowned Sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli

1978 • 42 citations

Re-examination of monotony threshold hypothesis in bird song

1975 • 40 citations

Organization of song of rose-breasted grosbeaks

1973 • 40 citations

Song Variations and Singing Behavior in the Rufous-Sided Towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus oregonus

1971 • 39 citations

Continuity and versatility in bird song: support for the monotony–threshold hypothesis

1978 • 36 citations

Individual Variation in Songs of Dark-Eyed Juncos

1977 • 36 citations

The Functions of Vocal Duetting in some African Birds

1977 • 35 citations

Kin selection and territoriality in birds? A test

1979 • 35 citations

Interspecific aggression: Toward whom should a mockingbird be aggressive?

1978 • 34 citations

Stammesgeschichte und geographische Variation des Gesanges unserer Baumläufer

1961 • 33 citations

Instrumentaldialekte der KlapperlercheMirafra rufocinnamomea (Salvadori)

1975 • 33 citations

The question of dialects in the songs of white-throated sparrows

1974 • 32 citations

Variable and Constant Structures in Greenfinch Songs (Chloris Chloris) in Different Locations

1977 • 28 citations

Verhalten auf Lautäußerungen der Zwillingsart, interspezifische Territorialität und Habitatansprüche von Winter- und Sommergoldhähnchen(Regulus regulus, R. ignicapillus)

1977 • 27 citations

Patterns of Singing in a Population of the Plain Titmouse

1969 • 26 citations

The Vocal Behavior of Cardinals and Pyrrhuloxias in Texas

1969 • 26 citations

Vocal mimicry in the Thick-billed Euphonia

1976 • 25 citations

Character convergence in bird song

1977 • 25 citations

The Functions of Mimicry in the Vocal Behaviour of the Chorister Robin

2010 • 23 citations

WINGFLAP DIALECTS IN THE FLAPPET LARK MIRAFRA RUFOCINNAMOMEA

1973 • 23 citations

Coordinated singing by black-crested titmice

1968 • 22 citations

DIALECTS AND GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION IN THE SONG OF THE SPLENDID SUNBIRD NECTARINIA COCCINIGASTER

1974 • 21 citations

Studien an Fremddialekt-Sängern und Dialekt-Mischsängern des Ortolans(Emberiza hortulana)

1976 • 21 citations

Interspecific mimicry in birdsong: Does the Beau Geste hypothesis apply?

1978 • 20 citations

Vocalizations of Cassin's Finch in Northern Utah

1978 • 18 citations

Songs of the Fox Sparrow. I. Structure of Song and Its Comparison with Song in Other Emberizidae

1977 • 18 citations

Gesang des Grünlings(Chloris chloris)

1974 • 18 citations

Imitation und Transposition menschlicher Pfiffe durch Amseln (Turdus m. meruhi L.)1: Ein weiterer Nachweis relativen Lernens und akustischer Abstraktion bei Vögeln

1967 • 17 citations

Neighbour-stranger song discrimination in the Chaffinch(Fringilla coelebs)

1980 • 14 citations

Geographic Variation in the Bell Calls of the Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

1979 • 11 citations

Unusual songs with comments on song learning among vireos

1976 • 9 citations

Songs of the Fox Sparrow. II. Intra- and Interpopulation Variation

1979 • 9 citations

Variation in the Temporal Characteristics of the Vocalizations of Bullfinches, Pyrrhula pyrrhula

2010 • 8 citations

Beau Geste and song repetition: a reply to Slater

1978 • 5 citations

Geographic Variation in the Bell Calls of the Blue Jay

1979 • 4 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations