Published in Trends Genet on April 08, 2010
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Song selectivity in the song system and in the auditory forebrain. Ann N Y Acad Sci (2004) 1.14
Embryonic learning of vocal passwords in superb fairy-wrens reveals intruder cuckoo nestlings. Curr Biol (2012) 1.14
Competition drives cooperation among closely related sperm of deer mice. Nature (2010) 1.14
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Contemporary and historical separation of transequatorial migration between genetically distinct seabird populations. Nat Commun (2011) 1.11
Adaptive basis of geographic variation: genetic, phenotypic and environmental differences among beach mouse populations. Proc Biol Sci (2009) 1.10
Eggshell colour does not predict measures of maternal investment in eggs of Turdus thrushes. Naturwissenschaften (2008) 1.09
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Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation in birds. Proc Biol Sci (2013) 1.02
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Kin selection may contribute to lek evolution and trait introgression across an avian hybrid zone. Mol Ecol (2012) 0.90
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Multiple male traits interact: attractive bower decorations facilitate attractive behavioural displays in satin bowerbirds. Proc Biol Sci (2003) 0.89
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The contribution of private and public information in foraging by Australasian gannets. Anim Cogn (2013) 0.86
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Cross-fostering diminishes song discrimination in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Anim Cogn (2009) 0.83
Morph matters: aggression bias in a polymorphic sparrow. PLoS One (2012) 0.83
Signaling stress? An analysis of phaeomelanin-based plumage color and individual corticosterone levels at two temporal scales in North American barn swallows, Hirundo rustica erythrogaster. Horm Behav (2013) 0.83
Five Hundred Microsatellite Loci for Peromyscus. Conserv Genet (2010) 0.83
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A new isolate of beak and feather disease virus from endemic wild red-fronted parakeets (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) in New Zealand. Arch Virol (2010) 0.82
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