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List of works by Stefan Leitner

Accelerated redevelopment of vocal skills is preceded by lasting reorganization of the song motor circuitry.

scientific article

Breeding status and social environment differentially affect the expression of sex steroid receptor and aromatase mRNA in the brain of female Damaraland mole-rats

scientific article

Correction: Lombard effect onset times reveal the speed of vocal plasticity in a songbird

scientific article published in April 2017

Developmental stress and female mate choice behaviour in the zebra finch

Developmental stress selectively affects the song control nucleus HVC in the zebra finch

scientific article (publication date: 22 November 2004)

Developmental stressors that impair song learning in males do not appear to affect female preferences for song complexity in the zebra finch

article by Joseph L. Woodgate et al published 2011 in Behavioral Ecology

Duets recorded in the wild reveal that interindividually coordinated motor control enables cooperative behavior.

scientific article

Environmental and genetic control of brain and song structure in the zebra finch.

scientific article published on 19 September 2013

Female canaries that respond and discriminate more between male songs of different quality have a larger song control nucleus (HVC) in the brain

scientific article published in September 2002

Flexible reproduction in wild canaries is independent of photoperiod.

scientific article

Hatching late in the season requires flexibility in the timing of song learning.

scientific article

Heterospecific exposure affects the development of secondary sexual traits in male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).

scientific article published on 6 January 2013

Immediate early gene (ZENK, Arc) expression in the auditory forebrain of female canaries varies in response to male song quality

scientific article published in September 2005

Influence of early-life nutritional stress on songbird memory formation

scientific article published on 26 September 2018

Lombard effect onset times reveal the speed of vocal plasticity in a songbird

scientific article

Multisensory non-photoperiodic cue advances the onset of seasonal breeding in Island canaries (Serinus canaria).

scientific article published in October 2011

Neural activation following offensive aggression in Japanese quail

scientific article published on 10 December 2018

Parasites affect song complexity and neural development in a songbird

scientific article published in October 2005

Phylogeography of island canary (Serinus canaria) populations

Pollutants increase song complexity and the volume of the brain area HVC in a songbird

scientific article

Seasonal activation and inactivation of song motor memories in wild canaries is not reflected in neuroanatomical changes of forebrain song areas.

scientific article

Socially induced brain differentiation in a cooperatively breeding songbird

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

Song and the song control pathway in the brain can develop independently of exposure to song in the sedge warbler

scientific article published in December 2002

Syllable repertoire and the size of the song control system in captive canaries (Serinus canaria).

scientific article published in July 2004

Testosterone-dependency of male solo song in a duetting songbird--evidence from females.

scientific article published on 16 October 2012

Using the canary genome to decipher the evolution of hormone-sensitive gene regulation in seasonal singing birds

scientific article

What is the adaptive role of neurogenesis in adult birds?

scientific article