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Developmental stress affects song learning but not song complexity and vocal amplitude in zebra finches
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Several recent studies have tested the hypothesis that song quality in adult birds may reflect early developmental conditions, specifically nutritional stress during the nestling period. Whilst all of these earlier studies found apparent links between early nutritional stress and song quality, their results disagree as to which aspects of song learning or production were affected. In this study, we attempted to reconcile these apparently inconsistent results. Our study also provides the first assessment of song amplitude in relation to early developmental stress and as a potential cue to male quality. We used an experimental manipulation in which the seeds on which the birds were reared were mixed with husks, making them more difficult for the parents to obtain. Compared with controls, such chicks were lighter at fledging; they were thereafter placed on a normal diet and had caught up by 100 days. We show that nutritional stress during the first 30 days of life reduced the birds' accuracy of song syntax learning, resulting in poorer copies of tutor songs. Our experimental manipulations did not lead to significant changes in song amplitude, song duration or repertoire size. Thus, individual differences observed in song performance features probably reflect differences in current condition or motivation rather than past condition.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Brumm, H., Zollinger, S. A., & Slater, P. J. B.
- Affiliations
- University of St Andrews (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Brumm, Henrik
- Venue
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
- Published
- 2009-03-24
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1387-1395
- ISSN
- 0340-5443 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-0762
- PMC
- PMC2699386
- OpenAlex
- W2055735065
- Cited by
- 117
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 6.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (BR 2309/6-1)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/E003494/1)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Avian ecology and behavior
- Keywords
- developmental stress, nutritional stress, song learning, song complexity, song amplitude, zebra finch, song syntax, male quality, fledging weight, individual differences, current status
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