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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"song sparrow"”.
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Song learning in the song sparrow (Melospiza melodia): ecological and social factors
During song learning, songbirds are exposed to many more songs then they keep for their final song repertoire and little is known about how or why a bird selects the particular songs he sings as an adult. These studies examine the social and ecological factors that influence song learning and …
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Urbanization affects environmental conditions for developing songbirds
… exposure, and high food intake requirements. Song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) are a model wild songbird system that persist in both urban and rural habitats, and have young that develop very quickly. I investigated how urbanization changes the arthropod community, how that in turn affects …
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Birds on Modified Wetlands in Eastern South Dakota
… marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris), and song sparrow (Melospiza melodia). Analysis of variance was used to test between treatment (modified and natural plots on the wetlands) differences for the dependent variables: density, bird species diversity, species richness, and equitability. No …
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Behavior, Physiology, and Reproduction of Urban and Rural Song Sparrows (Melospiza Melodia)
… colonize novel habitats more generally. Using song sparrows (Melospiza melodia), a native songbird commonly found in urban areas, I explored responses to urbanization and the drivers and consequences of these responses with an eye toward understanding whether song sparrows had successfully …