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Cultural conformity generates extremely stable traditions in bird song by Lachlan, Robert F., Ratmann, Oliver, Nowicki, Stephen

“…Cultural traditions have been observed in a wide variety of animal species. It remains unclear, however, what is required for social learning to give rise to…”
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Deep perceptual embeddings for unlabelled animal sound events by Morfi, Veronica, Lachlan, Robert F, Stowell, Dan

“…Evaluating sound similarity is a fundamental building block in acoustic perception and computational analysis. Traditional data-driven analyses of perceptual…”
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An integrative framework for mapping the psychological landscape of risk perception by Jenkins, Sarah C., Lachlan, Robert F., Osman, Magda

“…We vary greatly in our perception of risk, not just because of differences between risks themselves, but also because of individual, contextual and cultural…”
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Bird song comparison using deep learning trained from avian perceptual judgments by Zandberg, Lies, Morfi, Veronica, George, Julia M, Clayton, David F, Stowell, Dan, Lachlan, Robert F

“…Our understanding of bird song, a model system for animal communication and the neurobiology of learning, depends critically on making reliable, validated…”
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The adaptive radiation of lichen-forming Teloschistaceae is associated with sunscreening pigments and a bark-to-rock substrate shift by Gaya, Ester, Fernández-Brime, Samantha, Vargas, Reinaldo, Lachlan, Robert F., Gueidan, Cécile, Ramírez-Mejía, Martín, Lutzoni, François

“…Adaptive radiations play key roles in the generation of biodiversity and biological novelty, and therefore understanding the factors that drive them remains…”
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Context-dependent categorical perception in a songbird by Lachlan, Robert F., Nowick, Stephen

“…Some of the psychological abilities that underlie human speech are shared with other species. One hallmark of speech is that linguistic context affects both…”
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Evolution of female song and duetting in the chaffinch (Fringilla) species complex by Cooper, Joseph E. J., Garcia‐del‐Rey, Eduardo, Lachlan, Robert F.

“…Female song is ancestral to songbirds and shows considerable phylogenetic signal, but its presence also appears to be labile and correlated with life‐history…”
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The Progressive Loss of Syntactical Structure in Bird Song along an Island Colonization Chain by Lachlan, Robert F., Verzijden, Machteld N., Bernard, Caroline S., Jonker, Peter-Paul, Koese, Bram, Jaarsma, Shirley, Spoor, Willemijn, Slater, Peter J.B., ten Cate, Carel

“…Cultural transmission can increase the flexibility of behavior, such as bird song. Nevertheless, this flexibility often appears to be constrained, sometimes by…”
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Zebra Finch Song Phonology and Syntactical Structure across Populations and Continents-A Computational Comparison by Lachlan, Robert F, van Heijningen, Caroline A A, Ter Haar, Sita M, Ten Cate, Carel

“…Learned bird songs are often characterized by a high degree of variation between individuals and sometimes between populations, while at the same time…”
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Evidence for cumulative cultural evolution in bird song by Williams, Heather, Lachlan, Robert F

“…In studies of cumulative cultural evolution in non-human animals, the focus is most often on incremental changes that increase the efficacy of an existing form…”
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Global cultural evolutionary model of humpback whale song by Zandberg, Lies, Lachlan, Robert F., Lamoni, Luca, Garland, Ellen C.

“…Humpback whale song is an extraordinary example of vocal cultural behaviour. In northern populations, the complex songs show long-lasting traditions that…”
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Helping decisions and kin recognition in long-tailed tits: is call similarity used to direct help towards kin? by Leedale, Amy E, Lachlan, Robert F, Robinson, Elva J H, Hatchwell, Ben J

“…Most cooperative breeders live in discrete family groups, but in a minority, breeding populations comprise extended social networks of conspecifics that vary…”
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Speed–accuracy trade-offs and individually consistent decision making by individuals and dyads of zebrafish in a colour discrimination task by Wang, Mu-Yun, Brennan, Caroline H., Lachlan, Robert F., Chittka, Lars

“…Speed–accuracy trade-offs are well studied in human decision making, but we are only beginning to understand how such trade-offs affect other animals…”
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Stress hormones, social associations and song learning in zebra finches by Boogert, Neeltje J., Lachlan, Robert F., Spencer, Karen A., Templeton, Christopher N., Farine, Damien R.

“…The use of information provided by others is a common short-cut adopted to inform decision-making. However, instead of indiscriminately copying others, animals…”
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Who follows whom? Shoaling preferences and social learning of foraging information in guppies by LACHLAN, ROBERT F, CROOKS, LUCY, LALAND, KEVIN N

“…Preferences of fish for different types of shoals may influence the transmission of novel information through them. We investigated the factors influencing the…”
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Cost, risk, and avoidance of inbreeding in a cooperatively breeding bird by Leedale, Amy E., Simeoni, Michelle, Sharp, Stuart P., Green, Jonathan P., Slate, Jon, Lachlan, Robert F., Robinson, Elva J. H., Hatchwell, Ben J.

“…Inbreeding is often avoided in natural populations by passive processes such as sex-biased dispersal. But, in many social animals, opposite-sexed adult…”
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geoorigins: A new method and r package for trait mapping and geographic provenancing of specimens without categorical constraints by Hulme‐Beaman, Ardern, Rudzinski, Anna, Cooper, Joseph E. J., Lachlan, Robert F., Dobney, Keith, Thomas, Mark G., Graham, Laura

“…Biologists often seek to geographically provenance organisms using their traits. This is typically achieved by defining spatial groups using distinct patterns…”
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Accuracy of song syntax learning and singing consistency signal early condition in zebra finches by Holveck, Marie-Jeanne, Vieira de Castro, Ana Catarina, Lachlan, Robert F., ten Cate, Carel, Riebel, Katharina

“…Birdsong is a sexually selected and culturally transmitted multidimensional signal. Sexually selected traits are generally assumed to indicate condition. In…”
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Species-level divergences in multiple functional traits between the two endemic subspecies of Blue Chaffinches Fringilla teydea in Canary Islands by Lifjeld, Jan T., Anmarkrud, Jarl Andreas, Calabuig, Pascual, Cooper, Joseph E. J., Johannessen, Lars Erik, Johnsen, Arild, Kearns, Anna M., Lachlan, Robert F., Laskemoen, Terje, Marthinsen, Gunnhild, Stensrud, Even, Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo

“…Background One of the biggest challenges in avian taxonomy is the delimitation of allopatric species because their reproductive incompatibility cannot be…”
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On the function of song type repertoires: testing the ‘antiexhaustion hypothesis’ in chaffinches by Brumm, Henrik, Lachlan, Robert F., Riebel, Katharina, Slater, Peter J.B.

“…Why some bird species have evolved elaborate song repertoires has puzzled biologists for a long time. According to the antiexhaustion hypothesis avian song…”
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