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| Title | (fieldwork) Territorial males adjust their songs according to intruders’ song complexity |
| Group | Behavioural Ecology |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 36 |
| Supervisor(s) | Filipe Cunha |
| Examiner(s) | Marc Naguib |
| Contact info | filipe.cunha@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2022/06/12 |
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| Description | The fieldwork takes place between December and April in Florestal/Minas Gerais, Brazil.
In this project, we want to understand if territorial male birds can adjust their song according to the 'level of expertise' of their intruder. You will conduct a series of field experiments in a breeding population of Lined Seedeater. You will simulate intruding events using song playback experiments and investigate the response of territorial-owner males to simulated intruders with different levels of song complexity. More, you will have access to their breeding data and make inferences on the adaptive value of this behaviour. |
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