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Vocal Dialects

Vocal Dialects is a systematic variation in vocal signals exhibited by members of a species across different geographic regions or social groups, distinguished from other forms of animal communication by its regional or group-specific acoustic patterns that are learned and culturally transmitted rather than genetically innate.

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Culturally Transmitted Patterns of Vocal Behavior in Sparrows

Peter Marler, Miwako Tamura · Science · 1964 · 597 citations

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Song "Dialects" in Three Populations of White-Crowned Sparrows

Peter Marler, M. Tamura · Ornithological Applications · 1962 · 554 citations

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The Origins of Vocal Learning

Fernando Nottebohm · The American Naturalist · 1972 · 447 citations

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The Biology of Bird-Song Dialects

Myron Charles Baker, Michael Cunningham · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1985 · 394 citations

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Cultural transmission of song patterns and dialect development in a free-living bird population

Peter F. Jenkins · Animal Behaviour · 1978 · 336 citations

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Authors

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  1. MC
    Myron Charles Baker

    Colorado State University, United States

    9 publications · 1K citations

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  2. PH
    Paul Handford

    Western University, Canada

    8 publications · 376 citations

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  3. LF
    Luis F. Baptista

    California Academy of Sciences, United States

    7 publications · 681 citations

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  4. TF
    Timothy F. Wright

    New Mexico State University, United States

    6 publications · 468 citations

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  5. FN
    Fernando Nottebohm

    Rockefeller University, United States

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Rockefeller University

    New York, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    898 citations

  5. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    805 citations

  6. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    692 citations

  7. Western University

    London, Canada

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    297 citations

  8. Dalhousie University

    Halifax, Canada

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    314 citations

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  1. Ornithological Applications

    26 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. Animal Behaviour

    17 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Evolution

    9 publications · 485 citations

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  4. Ethology

    7 publications · 267 citations

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  5. Behaviour

    7 publications · 230 citations

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