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Nest Integration: a novel form of food acquisition by altricial fledglings by Fernandez-Duque, Facundo, Huerta, Erika Y., Lawson, Shelby L., Chikoti, Saieshwar, Hauber, Mark E.

“…Parental investment in offspring provides fitness benefits for progeny but incurs costs for parents. However, in birds there is a paucity of information on the…”
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Red‐winged blackbirds nesting nearer to yellow warbler and conspecific nests experience less brood parasitism by Lawson, Shelby L., Enos, Janice K., Gill, Sharon A., Hauber, Mark E.

“…In functionally referential communication systems, the signaler's message intended for a conspecific receiver may be intercepted and used by a heterospecific…”
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Absence of Referential Alarm Calls in Long-term Allopatry from the Referent: A Case Study with Galapagos Yellow Warblers by Lawson, Shelby L., Enos, Janice K., Fernandez-Duque, Facundo, Kleindorfer, Sonia, Ward, Michael P., Gill, Sharon A., Hauber, Mark E.

“…Animals across diverse lineages use referential calls to warn of and respond to specific threats, and the ability to understand these calls may be dependent on…”
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How canaries listen to their song: Species-specific shape of auditory perception by Fishbein, Adam R., Lawson, Shelby L., Dooling, Robert J., Ball, Gregory F.

“…The melodic, rolling songs of canaries have entertained humans for centuries and have been studied for decades by researchers interested in vocal learning, but…”
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Pairing status moderates both the production of and responses to anti‐parasitic referential alarm calls in male yellow warblers by Lawson, Shelby L., Enos, Janice K., Mendes, Niko C., Gill, Sharon A., Hauber, Mark E.

“…Defending offspring incurs temporal and energetic costs and can be dangerous for the parents. Accordingly, the intensity of this costly behavior should reflect…”
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Relative salience of syllable structure and syllable order in zebra finch song by Lawson, Shelby L., Fishbein, Adam R., Prior, Nora H., Ball, Gregory F., Dooling, Robert J.

“…There is a rich history of behavioral and neurobiological research focused on the ‘syntax’ of birdsong as a model for human language and complex auditory…”
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Referential alarm calling elicits future vigilance in a host of an avian brood parasite by Lawson, Shelby L, Enos, Janice K, Wolf, Caroline S, Stenstrom, Katharine, Winnicki, Sarah K, Benson, Thomas J, Hauber, Mark E, Gill, Sharon A

“…Yellow warblers ( ) use referential 'seet' calls to warn mates of brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds ( ). In response to seet calls during the day, female…”
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Eavesdropping on Referential Yellow Warbler Alarm Calls by Red-Winged Blackbirds Is Mediated by Brood Parasitism Risk by Lawson, Shelby L., Enos, Janice K., Gill, Sharon A., Hauber, Mark E.

“…Referential alarm calls that denote specific types of dangers are common across diverse vertebrate lineages. Different alarm calls can indicate a variety of…”
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Heterospecific eavesdropping on an anti-parasitic referential alarm call by Lawson, Shelby L., Enos, Janice K., Mendes, Niko C., Gill, Sharon A., Hauber, Mark E.

“…Referential alarm calls occur across taxa to warn of specific predator types. However, referential calls may also denote other types of dangers. Yellow…”
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Responses of Female Yellow Warblers to Playbacks Signaling Brood Parasitism or Predation Risk: A Quasi-Replication Study by Lawson, Shelby L., Enos, Janice K., Mendes, Niko C., Gill, Sharon A., Hauber, Mark E.

“…Many avian species are negatively impacted by obligate avian brood parasites, which lay their eggs in the nests of host species. The yellow warbler (Setophaga…”
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