Habitat fragmentation affects culture transmission: patterns of song matching in Dupont's lark.

1 Males of many bird species match song with neighbours during territorial interactions. Although bird vocal mimicry has received much attention, the relationships between song variation and ecological factors such as landscape geometry and habitat fragmentation are still poorly known, and most previous research has been limited to one or a few populations of a species. In this study we analysed the spatial patterns and ecological determinants of song matching in Dupont's lark Chersophilus duponti, a rare and specialized steppe passerine. 2 By recording bird songs from 21 Spanish and Moroccan localities, we analysed the effect of habitat fragmentation and the availability of suitable steppe habitat on the patterns of song matching in Dupont's lark, controlling for other potential determinants such as period in the breeding season, intensity of competition, geographical location and spatial distribution of …

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Laiolo P. y Tella J.L. Habitat fragmentation affects culture transmission: patterns of song matching in Dupont's lark. Wiley-Blackwell, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01093.x

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Date of creation 2025-05-23
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