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TL;DR: A uniform, systematic, and comprehensive approach to studying sequences is proposed, with the goal of clarifying research terms used in different fields, and facilitating collaboration and comparative studies.

TL;DR: Type matching beginning in the boundary phase and continuing into the escalation phase, or beginning immediately after the escalation, reliably predicted both subsequent escalated signalling and subsequent attack on the model, supporting the hypothesis that type matching is a reliable early threat signal.

TL;DR: A four-choice task is used to extend and investigate the exact nature of the feature overlap effects of the Simon effect, which are argued to be accounted for better by strategic shortcuts in response selection.

TL;DR: The authors found that male song sparrow males responded more strongly to playback of this neighbour than to playback from a neutral neighbour from their respective boundaries, consistent with a conditional retaliation strategy, suggesting that the primary effect of an intrusion by a neighbour might be to increase the perceived risk of cuckoldry by the intruding male.

TL;DR: It is suggested that detailed behavioral studies are needed to understand extrapair mating in this species and that females are not using song repertoire size or song sharing as a basis for extrapair mate choice and are not likely to accrue significant genetic benefits from EPP.