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Yurk, E&E News, March 17, 2021</span></span><o:p style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Summary: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bird declines due to deforestation also change
how survivors sing, according to </span><b style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#990000"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2021.0225">research</a> </span></span></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">published
in </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Proceedings of the Royal Society B</i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Birds
learn to sing by associating with older members of their species, so birds decline as juveniles fail to learn songs that will attract mates. The study found that where adult birds are rare, the endangered regent honeyeater is singing simplified or incorrect
songs. Twenty-seven percent of wild males studied sang songs that differed from the regional norm. Twelve percent of young males found in areas where honeyeaters are rarer sang "totally incorrect" songs, according to the study. "It seriously impacts their
ability to communicate," Australian National University researcher and lead author Ross Crates said. "Females will avoid males that sing unusual songs."</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;">*Link to article: https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/17/stories/1063727717?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire</span><o:p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;">*Link to original article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2021.0225</span><o:p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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