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Peter J. B. Slater
Researcher at University of St Andrews
Publications - 121
Citations - 9723
Peter J. B. Slater is an academic researcher from University of St Andrews. The author has contributed to research in topics: Zebra finch & Population. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 121 publications receiving 9192 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter J. B. Slater include University of Sussex.
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Raised thermoregulatory costs at exposed song posts increase the energetic cost of singing for willow warblers Phylloscopus trochilus
S Ward,Peter J. B. Slater +1 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the extra thermoregulatory costs at song posts would increase metabolic rate by an average of 10±4% and a maximum of 25±8% relative to birds singing at foraging sites, and the energetic cost of singing may be much greater for birds in a cold, windy environment than for birds singing in laboratory conditions.
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Animal communication: Timing counts
Henrik Brumm,Peter J. B. Slater +1 more
TL;DR: A recent study on Australian songbirds sheds new light on the function of highly coordinated avian duets, which has fascinated biologists for a long time.
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Song development in chffinches: what is learnt and when?
Peter J. B. Slater,S. A. Ince +1 more
TL;DR: The variation in number in elements in a phrase and the temporal pattern of singing shown by hand-reared birds were similar to that of wild birds rather than being influenced by the tutor tapes.
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Modelling bird song dialects : the influence of repertoire size and numbers of neighbours
J.M. Williams,Peter J. B. Slater +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, computer simulation was used to examine whether the distribution of song types in a population of birds, and the changes in those present over time, are likely to be influenced by whether or not individuals have repertoires and by the number of neighbours from which a bird can copy.
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Call usage learning in gray seals (Halichoerus grypus).
TL;DR: Two young gray seals were trained successfully to demonstrate the first 2 levels of usage learning, but novel moan and growl stimuli tended to elicit growls, casting doubt on the possibility that gray seals can reach the 4th level.