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Table 1 Overview on nightingale song measures

From: Multiple song features are related to paternal effort in common nightingales

Measure

Definition

Mean ± SD

CV

Repertoire size

Number of different song types

181 ± 35

0.19

Whistle repertoire size

Number of whistle song types in the repertoire

28 ± 5

0.18

Whistle song occurrence

Number of whistle songs (independent of types) in the song sample

74 ± 17

0.23

Trill repertoire size

Number of trill song types in the repertoire

20 ± 4

0.2

Trill song occurrence

Number of trill songs in the song sample

64 ± 10

0.15

Buzz repertoire size

Number of buzz song types in the repertoire

5 ± 1

0.33

Buzz song occurrence

Number of buzz songs in the song sample

14 ± 4

0.3

Shortest path

Network measure: the path connecting two nodes with the minimal number of nodes in between

4.66 ± 0.84

0.18

Transitivity

Network measure: a measure for the probability that adjacent nodes of a given node are connected as well

0.18 ± 0.03

0.17

  1. Name, description, and mean values for song features under study. All measures refer to song samples of 533 consecutive songs. Mean values are shown for 20 males. Both network measures were calculated and then averaged for all possible nodes or pairs of nodes in a network