Measuring Responses of Female Birds to Male Song

Song repertoires and territory defence in the great tit

1978 • 373 citations

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

1976 • 335 citations

Passage of Steroids Through Silicone Rubber

1966 • 309 citations

A Test for Responsiveness to Song Structure and Programming in Female Sparrows

1981 • 288 citations

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

1980 • 287 citations

Song Repertoire and Mate Choice in Birds

1992 • 284 citations

SEXUAL SELECTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF COMPLEX SONGS AMONG EUROPEAN WARBLERS OF THE GENUS ACROCEPHALUS

1980 • 257 citations

Territory in bird life

1920 • 251 citations

Species Identification in the North American Cowbird: Appropriate Responses to Abnormal Song

1977 • 242 citations

The Coding of Species-Specific Characteristics in Bird Sounds

1982 • 229 citations

Validating the female bioassay of cowbird song: Relating differences in song potency to mating success

1981 • 198 citations

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

1979 • 193 citations

Male bird song attracts females ? a field experiment

1986 • 193 citations

The acoustic basis of mate recognition by female Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

1979 • 180 citations

Song repertoire size and female preferences in song sparrows

1984 • 178 citations

Early Experience Determines Song Dialect Responsiveness of Female Sparrows

1981 • 175 citations

Early perceptual selectivity in the swamp sparrow

1980 • 169 citations

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

1973 • 169 citations

Differential responses to male song repertoires in female songbirds implanted with oestradiol

1984 • 169 citations

Effect of female sexual displays on the endocrine physiology and behaviour of male white‐crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys

1983 • 167 citations

Sexual differences in species recognition of avian song

1988 • 162 citations

Song repertoires and reproductive success in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

1986 • 150 citations

Song structure and song development as potential contributors to reproductive isolation in cowbirds (Molothrus ater).

1980 • 141 citations

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

1981 • 140 citations

Song discrimination learning in zebra finches

1988 • 139 citations

Song discrimination in female zebra finches and bengalese finches

1989 • 139 citations

Song as an attractant for male and female European starlings, and the influence of song complexity on their response

1991 • 131 citations

Inter-Populational Song Dialect Discrimination in the White-Crowned Sparrow

1971 • 128 citations

Hormonal response of free-living male white-crowned sparrows to experimental manipulation of female sexual behavior

1982 • 123 citations

Sexual Differences in the Responses of Captive Great Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) to Variation in Song Structure and Repertoire Size

1986 • 112 citations

The behavioral response of female Nuttall's White-crowned Sparrows to male song of natal and alien dialects

1983 • 109 citations

The Responses of White‐crowned Sparrows to Songs of Different Dialects and Subspecies

1981 • 107 citations

Sexual Response of Female Great Tits to Variation in Size of Males' Song Repertoires

1986 • 101 citations

A bioassay of isolate cowbird song.

1979 • 99 citations

Subspecies recognition and song learning in zebra finches

1990 • 96 citations

Sexual response of female yellowhammers to differences in regional song dialects and repertoire sizes

1987 • 90 citations

Dissecting Cowbird Song Potency: Assessing a Song's Geographic Identity and Relative Appeal

1983 • 89 citations

The effect of male song on an estrogen-dependent behavior pattern in the female canary (Serinus canarius)

1976 • 88 citations

Species song discrimination in adult female song and swamp sparrows

1981 • 88 citations

Song output and stimulation of the female in white-throated sparrows

1991 • 81 citations

Vocal Mimicry in Starlings

1984 • 76 citations

Songs of isolation-reared sparrows function in communication, but are significantly less effective than learned songs

1985 • 62 citations

Differences in the Responses of Captive Female Canaries To Variation in Conspecific and Heterospecific Songs

1991 • 58 citations

Species recognition of song by female red-winged blackbirds

1990 • 54 citations

The Response of Swamp Sparrows To Acoustically Distinct Song Types

1982 • 53 citations

Response of sparrows to songs of deaf and isolation‐reared males: Further evidence for innate auditory templates

1987 • 51 citations

Kin and social relationships in splendid fairy-wrens: recognition by song in a cooperative bird

1988 • 50 citations

Female perception of cowbird song: A closed developmental program

1983 • 48 citations

Song as a Possible Reproductive Isolating Mechanism Between Two Parapatric Forms. the Case of the Chiffchaffs Phylloscopus C. Collybita and P. C. Brehmii in the Western Pyrenees

1989 • 47 citations

Patterns of courtship between cowbird subspecies: evidence for positive assortment

1985 • 45 citations

Sexual display response of female white-crowned sparrows to normal, isolate and modified conspecific songs

1987 • 45 citations

Interspecific Differences in the Response of Female Birds to Song Repertoires

1984 • 45 citations

The response of female Mountain White-crowned Sparrows to songs from their natal dialect and an alien dialect

1982 • 36 citations

Reproductive behaviour of female white-crowned sparrows: effect of dialects and synthetic hybrid songs

1987 • 33 citations

Song Parts Adapted to Function Both at Long and Short Ranges May Communicate Information about the Species to Female Blackbirds Turdus merula

1988 • 27 citations

Radiotelemetric monitoring of heart-rate responses to song playback in blackbirds (Turdus merula)

1986 • 27 citations

Do female blackbirds, Turdus merula, decode song in the same way as males?

1988 • 25 citations

Reproductive Behavior by a Female Songbird: Differential Stimulation by Natal and Alien Song Dialects

1983 • 22 citations

Sexual Response of Female Great Tits to Local and Distant Songs

1987 • 21 citations

Phrase order recognition by brown-headed cowbirds

1987 • 19 citations

Vocal and visual stimuli enabling copulation behavior in female buntings

1988 • 16 citations

Birds React to Playback of Recorded Songs by Heart Rate Alteration

2010 • 16 citations

Function of male courtship vocalizations in red-winged blackbirds

1989 • 11 citations

The significance of song for species recognition and mate choice in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

1991 • 9 citations