Great tits in noisy territories and avoiding overlapping respond stronger to territorial intruders.
C. Akcay, Y. K. Porsuk, A. Avsar, D. Cabuk, C. C. Bilgin
The paper examines whether song overlapping in great tits correlates with aggressive behaviors during territorial intrusions and finds no support for song overlapping as a signal of aggression.
bioRxiv · Dec 21, 2019 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition