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Absence of female partners can explain the dawn chorus of birds

Why birds sing intensely in a dawn chorus during the early morning has long been debated. Evidence gathered from observing birds in the wild offers a fresh perspective on what might drive this phenomenon.
  1. Diego Gil

    1. Diego Gil is in the Department of Evolutionary Ecology, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 28006 Madrid, Spain.

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Although it is widely recognized that solitude can boost artistic production, few people would have guessed that this might apply to animals, too. Writing in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Schlicht et al.1 support this idea by showing that the intense dawn chorus of male birds can be explained by the absence of female partners.

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Nature 626, 481-482 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00264-9

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