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Perch affects birds' pitch

Birdsong makes best use of forest acoustics.

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  1. Nemeth, E., Winkler, H. & Dabelsteen, T. . Differential degradation of antbird songs in a Neotropical rainforest: adaptation to perch height? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 110, 3263 - 3274 (2001).

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Whitfield, J. Perch affects birds' pitch. Nature (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/news011227-9

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