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. 1981 Nov 13;214(4522):819-21.
doi: 10.1126/science.214.4522.819.

Early experience determines song dialect responsiveness of female sparrows

M C Baker, K J Spitler-Nabors, D C Bradley

Early experience determines song dialect responsiveness of female sparrows

M C Baker et al. Science. .

Abstract

In a laboratory experiment, female white-crowned sparrows responded almost exclusively to male songs taken from their home dialect region and usually not to songs taken from an alien dialect region. Song dialect populations may represent a level of genetic population structure below that of the subspecies and may play an important role in songbird evolution.

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