Sentence examples for song traits from inspiring English sources

Full-sib analyses suggested high levels of genetic variability in song traits.

Among the different male song traits investigated, we found a high heritability for song bout length and song bout repertoire, as well as an intriguing gene-by-environment interaction for song bout repertoire.

However, the absence of a heritable component in female mate choice suggests a need for studies investigating the heritability of female preferences for (heritable) male song traits in order to gain a better understanding of a potential coevolution between male sexual traits and female mate choice.

In theory, either possibility could explain correlations between song traits and genetic diversity [20], [22], [24].

This estimate was comparable with other song traits, such as song rate or song duration [e.g. 32], [49], [50].

On the contrary, we did not find strong evidence for other song traits having evolved as signals of personality.

Differences in a third song trait, the intervals between sound pulses and chirps, disappeared after common-garden breeding, suggesting that either the difference between populations in these traits represents phenotypic plasticity or the populations converged as a result of adaptation to the laboratory environment.

One song trait that has received particular attention is trill performance (reviewed in [ 4, 12, 13]).

Role-reversed males sang less frequently and at a lower intensity, but female preferences for one important song trait remained unchanged [ 29].

The systematics and evolutionary relationship of the Hylobates members have been investigated using morphological characters, vocal traits of the songs, analysis of chromosomal morphology and DNA sequence data (e.g. [ 6, 20, 23- 26]).

In the Polynesian field crickets of Hawaii, the changed environment due to the presence of the parasitoid led to natural selection directly favoring the loss of song, a trait under sexual selection.