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Importance of weapon size in all stages of male–male contests in the hermit crab Pagurus minutus

(2016) Chiaki I. Yasuda et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Anthropogenic noise affects vocal interactions

(2013) Heather McMullen et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

A framework for understanding noise impacts on wildlife: an urgent conservation priority

(2013) Clinton D Francis et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Vocal signals predict attack during aggressive interactions in black-capped chickadees

(2012) Tyne M. Baker et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Phenotypic plasticity affects the response of a sexually selected trait to anthropogenic noise

(2012) Mary J. Montague et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Experimentally increased noise levels change spatial and singing behaviour

(2012) K. E. McLaughlin et al.   Biology Letters

Songbirds possess the spontaneous ability to discriminate syntactic rules

(2011) Kentaro Abe et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Twitter evolution: converging mechanisms in birdsong and human speech

(2010) Johan J. Bolhuis et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Assessment of fighting ability in animal contests

(2009) Gareth Arnott et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

A behavioural mechanism explaining noise-dependent frequency use in urban birdsong

(2009) Wouter Halfwerk et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Song as an aggressive signal in songbirds

(2009) William A. Searcy et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Are bird song complexity and song sharing shaped by habitat structure? An information theory and statistical approach

(2009) Elodie Briefer et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Information gathering and decision making about resource value in animal contests

(2008) Gareth Arnott et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Song complexity correlates with learning ability in zebra finch males

(2008) Neeltje J. Boogert et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The deterrent effect of bird song in territory defense

(2008) Selvino R. de Kort et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Song and plumage effects on aggressive display by the European Robin Erithacus rubecula

(2008) David F. Chantrey et al.   IBIS

Song characteristics and response to playback of male and female Robins Erithacus rubecula

(2008) A. RUS HOELZEL   IBIS