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Bird Songs and Avian Systematics

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Song has been used widely in the systematic study of bird species and their relationships in the past two decades. The similarity of songs among different populations provides a test of the species identity of isolated or remote populations. As song is used in social and sexual behavior, we can test whether different populations respond to each other’s behavior. Systematists have used song differences and experiments to determine species limits among remote populations (Rowley, 1970; Lanyon, 1978; Martens, 1980, 1982; Payne, 1973a, 1982). The conditions under which song is a reliable guide to species relationships have not generally been considered. How similar must songs be for populations to be considered conspecific, or how different to support a hypothesis of species distinctiveness? How reliable are song playback experiments? How adequate are studies that compare songs alone? What effect does song learning have on the usefulness of song as a guide to species limits? In addition, systematists are interested in song as a guide to relationships among species. Several reviews of song in systematics have indicated that song may be more useful at the species level than at higher levels (Mayr, 1956; Löhrl, 1963; Thielcke, 1964; Lanyon, 1969; Selander, 1971). Is song a reliable guide to the phylogenetic history of speciation? Has cultural evolution within related species obscured their biological relationships?

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  • Song Type
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  • Allopatric Population
  • Bird Song
  • Species Limit

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6784-4_2

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  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4615-6786-8

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4615-6784-4

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive