Overview
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Slater, Peter J B
Kennedy Professor of Natural History |
Contact details
Address: School of Biology, University of St Andrews, Bute Medical Building, Queens Terrace, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9TS
Telephone: +44 1334 463500
Fax: +44 1334 463600
E-mail: pjbs@st-andrews.ac.uk
Home page: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~bmscg
Research overview
Keywords: Animal Behavior or Ethology; animal behaviour; bird; development; duetting; energetics; song
Bird song learning, especially laboratory studies on its timing and on tutor choice in zebra finches. Song organisation and use in wild birds. The function of duetting.
Recent publications
2009; H Brumm, S A Zollinger, P J B Slater; "Bird song as an honest signal of past condition: developmental stress, learning accuracy and vocal amplitude in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)"; Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology; 63:1387-1395
2009; P J B Slater; "Darwin in Scotland"; K Roy (ed); ICS Books; 99-104
2009; H Brumm, R F Lachlan, K Riebel, P J B Slater; "On the function of song type repertoires: testing the 'antiexhaustion hypothesis' in chaffinches"; Animal Behaviour; 77:37-42
2009; NI Mann, KA Dingess, FK Barker, J A Graves, P J B Slater; "The evolution of song complexity and duetting in neotropical Thryothorus wrens"; Behaviour; 146:1-43
2008; C K Catchpole, P J B Slater; "Bird Song. Biological Themes and Variations, 2nd Edition"