scholarly journals Fitness Correlates of Song Repertoire Size in Free-Living Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

2005 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 299
Author(s):  
Reid ◽  
Arcese ◽  
Alice L. E. V. Cassidy ◽  
Hiebert ◽  
James N. M. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Song Sparrows

scholarly journals Fitness Correlates of Song Repertoire Size in Free‐Living Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

2005 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M. Reid ◽  
Peter Arcese ◽  
Alice L. E. V. Cassidy ◽  
Sara M. Hiebert ◽  
James N. M. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Song Sparrows

scholarly journals Song repertoire size varies with HVC volume and is indicative of male quality in song sparrows ( Melospiza melodia )

2007 ◽  
Vol 274 (1621) ◽  
pp. 2035-2040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy A Pfaff ◽  
Liana Zanette ◽  
Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton ◽  
Elizabeth A MacDougall-Shackleton
Keyword(s):  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Male Quality ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Song Sparrows

Song repertoire size predicts initial mating success in male song sparrows, Melospiza melodia

2004 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 1055-1063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M. Reid ◽  
Peter Arcese ◽  
Alice L.E.V. Cassidy ◽  
Sara M. Hiebert ◽  
James N.M. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Male Song ◽  
Song Sparrows

scholarly journals Hamilton and Zuk meet heterozygosity? Song repertoire size indicates inbreeding and immunity in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

2005 ◽  
Vol 272 (1562) ◽  
pp. 481-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
JaneM Reid ◽  
Peter Arcese ◽  
AliceL.E.V Cassidy ◽  
AmyB Marr ◽  
JamesN.M Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Song Sparrows

scholarly journals Long-term maternal effect on offspring immune response in song sparrows Melospiza melodia

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M Reid ◽  
Peter Arcese ◽  
Lukas F Keller ◽  
Dennis Hasselquist
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Time Scales ◽  
Parasitic Infection ◽  
Antibody Responses ◽  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Humoral Immune ◽  
Song Sparrows

Knowledge of the causes of variation in host immunity to parasitic infection and the time-scales over which variation persists, is integral to predicting the evolutionary and epidemiological consequences of host–parasite interactions. It is clear that offspring immunity can be influenced by parental immune experience, for example, reflecting transfer of antibodies from mothers to young offspring. However, it is less clear whether such parental effects persist or have functional consequences over longer time-scales, linking a parent's previous immune experience to future immune responsiveness in fully grown offspring. We used free-living song sparrows ( Melospiza melodia ) to quantify long-term effects of parental immune experience on offspring immune response. We experimentally vaccinated parents with a novel antigen and tested whether parental vaccination influenced the humoral antibody response mounted by fully grown offspring hatched the following year. Parental vaccination did not influence offspring baseline antibody titres. However, offspring of vaccinated mothers mounted substantially stronger antibody responses than offspring of unvaccinated mothers. Antibody responses did not differ between offspring of vaccinated and unvaccinated fathers. These data demonstrate substantial long-term effects of maternal immune experience on the humoral immune response of fully grown offspring in free-living birds.

Song repertoire size in male song sparrows correlates with detour reaching, but not with other cognitive measures

2011 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 1209-1216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeltje J. Boogert ◽  
Rindy C. Anderson ◽  
Susan Peters ◽  
William A. Searcy ◽  
Stephen Nowicki
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Measures ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Male Song ◽  
Song Sparrows

scholarly journals Territory establishment, song learning strategies and survival in song sparrows

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Çağlar Akçay ◽  
S. Elizabeth. Campbell ◽  
Saethra Darling ◽  
Michael D. Beecher
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Song Learning ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Song Sharing ◽  
Sedentary Population ◽  
Song Sparrows

AbstractIn most songbirds the processes of song learning and territory establishment overlap in the early life of young birds who usually winds up with songs matching those of their territorial neighbors in their first breeding season. In the present study, we examined the relationships among the timing of territory establishment, the pattern of song learning and territorial success in a sedentary population of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia). Males in this population show high song sharing within neighborhoods derving from their learning most of their songs from neighboring males. These shared songs are preferentially used in interactions with neighbors. Males also show significant variation in the timing of territory establishment, ranging from their first summer until the next spring. Using a three-year dataset, we found that the timing of territory establishment did not systematically affect the composition of the song repertoire of the tutee: early establishers and late establishers learned equally as much from their primary tutors, and had a similar number of tutors and repertoire size. Timing of territory establishment also did not have an effect on subsequent survival on territory. Therefore, the song learning program of song sparrows seems versatile enough to lead to high song sharing even for birds that establish territories relatively late.

scholarly journals Inbreeding effects on immune response in free-living song sparrows ( Melospiza melodia )

2006 ◽  
Vol 274 (1610) ◽  
pp. 697-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M Reid ◽  
Peter Arcese ◽  
Lukas F Keller ◽  
Kyle H Elliott ◽  
Laura Sampson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Inbreeding Depression ◽  
Parasitic Infection ◽  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Primary Antibody ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Multiple Components ◽  
Song Sparrows ◽  
Primary Antibody Response ◽  
Immune Challenges

The consequences of inbreeding for host immunity to parasitic infection have broad implications for the evolutionary and dynamical impacts of parasites on populations where inbreeding occurs. To rigorously assess the magnitude and the prevalence of inbreeding effects on immunity, multiple components of host immune response should be related to inbreeding coefficient ( f ) in free-living individuals. We used a pedigreed, free-living population of song sparrows ( Melospiza melodia ) to test whether individual responses to widely used experimental immune challenges varied consistently with f . The patagial swelling response to phytohaemagglutinin declined markedly with f in both females and males in both 2002 and 2003, although overall inbreeding depression was greater in males. The primary antibody response to tetanus toxoid declined with f in females but not in males in both 2004 and 2005. Primary antibody responses to diphtheria toxoid were low but tended to decline with f in 2004. Overall inbreeding depression did not solely reflect particularly strong immune responses in outbred offspring of immigrant–native pairings or weak responses in highly inbred individuals. These data indicate substantial and apparently sex-specific inbreeding effects on immune response, implying that inbred hosts may be relatively susceptible to parasitic infection to differing degrees in males and females.

scholarly journals Individuals’ expected genetic contributions to future generations, reproductive value, and short-term metrics of fitness in free-living song sparrows (Melospiza melodia )

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M. Reid ◽  
Pirmin Nietlisbach ◽  
Matthew E. Wolak ◽  
Lukas F. Keller ◽  
Peter Arcese
Keyword(s):  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Reproductive Value ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Song Sparrows ◽  
Genetic Contributions
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