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Myron C. Baker
Publikováno v:
Emu - Austral Ornithology. 114:197-205
The isolated population of Rainbow Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) in Perth, Western Australia, was founded by fewer than 10 birds introduced in the early 1960s. I recorded vocalisations of individuals in Perth, and from >2000km away, at one sit
Autor:
Myron C. Baker
Publikováno v:
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 124:454-466
Members of the genus Zosterops are known for their colonizing ability and extensive phenotypic differentiation on numerous islands. There have been morphological and biochemical analyses of some Zosterops populations, but little study has been devote
Autor:
Myron C. Baker
Publikováno v:
Behaviour. 148:373-402
In many animal species, chiefly birds and some marine mammals, the repertoire of acoustic communication signals represents learned features of the behavioural phenotype, acquired and transmitted across generations as cultural traditions. These signal
Autor:
Myron C. Baker
Publikováno v:
Journal of Avian Biology. 41:50-63
Two hybrid zones between subspecies of the Australian ringneck parrot (Psittacidae: Platycercus zonarius) were examined for morphological (plumage patterns) and cultural (learned contact flight calls) traits. Mensural traits and plumage patterns also
Autor:
Myron C. Baker
Publikováno v:
Ethology. 115:227-238
Songs of birds encode several kinds of information that may be used during interactions with conspecifics. Some bird species live in social groups and perform territorial advertisement song as a group. Group singing raises questions concerning its fu
Autor:
Myron C. Baker
Publikováno v:
The Auk. 125:651-662
Two morphologically distinct subspecies of the Australian Ringneck Parrot (Platycercus zonarius) meet in a zone of hybridization in southwestern Western Australia. Individuals produce a flight call, a learned vocal signal used by a mated pair to main
Autor:
David E. Gammon, Myron C. Baker
Publikováno v:
Animal Behaviour. 75:279-289
We obtained data on a cultural trait from an 8-year study of a bird species, the black-capped chickadee, Poecile atricapillus. The trait is a nonsong vocalization, the gargle call, which exhibits variant acoustic forms (memes) in local populations. S
Publikováno v:
Behaviour. 145:1003-1026
Why do individuals in many songbird species sing multiple song types? Previous studies have often described the current utility of possessing a vocal signal repertoire, but this may not explain why repertoires evolve. We looked for repertoire functio
Autor:
Myron C. Baker, David M. Logue
Publikováno v:
Journal of Field Ornithology. 78:240-253
Recordings of avian vocal signals in natural habitats include ambient noise. Often this background noise corrupts across all frequencies and is of substantial amplitude. Reducing this ambient noise to prepare vocal signals for playback stimuli or to
Publikováno v:
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 89:331-342
The present study investigated the effects of island isolation on songs of three species of Australian songbirds. The characteristics of songs recorded from mainland locations were compared with those recorded on Rottnest Island off the coast of West