Vocalization, Animal

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Sounds used in animal communication.

Descriptor ID	D014828
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.113.055.800
Concept/Terms	Vocalization, Animal Vocalization, Animal Animal Vocalization Animal Vocalizations Vocalizations, Animal Singing, Animal Animal Singing Animal Singings Singings, Animal Sound Communication, Animal Sound Communication, Animal Animal Sound Communication Animal Sound Communications Communication, Animal Sound Communications, Animal Sound Sound Communications, Animal Vocal Communication, Animal Animal Vocal Communication Animal Vocal Communications Communication, Animal Vocal Communications, Animal Vocal Vocal Communications, Animal

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Vocalization, Animal".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Behavior, Animal [F01.145.113]
Animal Communication [F01.145.113.055]
Vocalization, Animal [F01.145.113.055.800]

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Bar chart showing 52 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2009 and 2017 and 2025

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	2	0	2
2001	1	0	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2006	2	0	2
2007	1	1	2
2008	1	0	1
2009	3	1	4
2010	1	2	3
2012	1	1	2
2013	1	0	1
2014	2	1	3
2015	3	0	3
2016	2	0	2
2017	4	0	4
2018	3	0	3
2019	3	0	3
2020	2	0	2
2021	3	0	3
2023	2	0	2
2024	0	2	2
2025	4	0	4

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Feeney WE, Kennerley JA, Wheatcroft D, Liang W, Lamb JB, Teunissen N, Lawson SL, Enos JK, Zhou B, Poje C, Richardson NM, Ryan TA, Cowan ZL, Brooker RM, Attwood M, Boersma J, Zamora M, Attisano A, Gula R, Theuerkauf J, Gloag R, Fiorini VD, Gill SA, Peters A, Honza M, Spottiswoode CN, Hauber ME, Manica A, Webster MS, Blasi DE. Learned use of an innate sound-meaning association in birds. Nat Ecol Evol. 2025 Nov; 9(11):2103-2115.

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Abbas S, Alam A, Abbas M, Ahmad B, Xiao F, Khan KA, Ghramh HA, Ali J, Burroni NE, Schilthuizen M, Romano D, Li Q, Chen RZ. Lateralized differences in ultrasonic courtship songs and their impact on reproductive strategies in Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Pest Manag Sci. 2026 Jan; 82(1):511-529.

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London SE, Hauber ME, McKim-Louder MI, Balakrishnan CN. Simultaneous RNA Sequencing and DNA Methylation Profiling Reveals Neural Mechanisms That Regulate Sensitive Period Behavioral Learning. Genes Brain Behav. 2025 08; 24(4):e70031.

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Hauber ME, Mosk?t C. Acoustic overtones improve the discrimination of conspecific female calls by male common cuckoos from similar heterospecific calls. Anim Cogn. 2025 Jun 05; 28(1):45.

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Antonson ND, Enos JK, Lawson SL, Uy FMK, Gill SA, Lynch KS, Hauber ME. Functional neurogenomic responses to acoustic threats, including a heterospecific referential alarm call and its referent, in the auditory forebrain of red-winged blackbirds. Sci Rep. 2024 01 25; 14(1):2155.

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Kleindorfer S, Brouwer L, Hauber ME, Teunissen N, Peters A, Louter M, Webster MS, Katsis AC, Sulloway FJ, Common LK, Austin VI, Colombelli-N?grel D. Nestling Begging Calls Resemble Maternal Vocal Signatures When Mothers Call Slowly to Embryos. Am Nat. 2024 02; 203(2):267-283.

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Dominguez JS, Rakovic M, Li D, Pollock HS, Lawson S, Novcic I, Su X, Zeng Q, Al-Dhufari R, Johnson-Cadle S, Boldrick J, Chamberlain M, Hauber ME. What's the rumpus? Resident temperate forest birds approach an unfamiliar neotropical alarm call across three continents. Biol Lett. 2023 10; 19(10):20230332.

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Rivera M, Edwards JA, Hauber ME, Woolley SMN. Machine learning and statistical classification of birdsong link vocal acoustic features with phylogeny. Sci Rep. 2023 05 01; 13(1):7076.

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Colombelli-N?grel D, Hauber ME, Evans C, Katsis AC, Brouwer L, Adreani NM, Kleindorfer S. Prenatal auditory learning in avian vocal learners and non-learners. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2021 10 25; 376(1836):20200247.

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Hauber ME, Louder MI, Griffith SC. Neurogenomic insights into the behavioral and vocal development of the zebra finch. Elife. 2021 06 09; 10.

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