Motor Correlates of Vocal Diversity in Songbirds

摘要: Oscine songbirds invest a substantial amount of time producing song, which has important roles in male-male competition and attracting stimulating mate (Howard, 1920), as well species (Becker, 1982) individual (Falls, recognition. Their diverse often elaborate songs have placed them at the interface neurobiology, behavior, ecology excellent subjects to study vocal communication. Toward this end, neurobiologists made advances understanding neural basis learning (e.g., Doupe, 1993; Arnold, 1992) central control song production Yu Margoliash, 1996; Vu et al., 1994) behavioral ecologists gained new insights into perceptual significance communicative functions Searcy Yasukawa, 1996).