Balanced imitation sustains song culture in zebra finches

Studying how songbirds learn songs can shed light on the development of human speech. An analysis of 160 tutor-pupil zebra finch pairs suggests that frequency dependent balanced imitation prevents the extinction of rare song elements and the overabundance of common ones, promoting song diversity wit...

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Autores principales: Ofer Tchernichovski, Sophie Eisenberg-Edidin, Erich D. Jarvis
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/87f1358546da480894f74b04a9904cdf
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