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The brains of birds synchronize when they sing duets

Publications of Katharina Klug

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2016

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Kraus, R. H. S.; Figuerola, J.; Klug, K.: No genetic structure in a mixed flock of migratory and non-migratory Mallards. Journal of Ornithology 157 (3), pp. 919 - 922 (2016)

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Original publication

S. Hoffmann, L. Trost, C. Voigt, S. Leitner, A. Lemazina, H. Sagunsky, M. Abels, S. Kollmansperger, A. Ter Maat and M. Gahr (2019).

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

Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10593-3)

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