Data from: Social context and noise affect within and between-male song adjustments in a common passerine
Cite this dataset
Grabarczyk, Erin; Vonhof, Maarten; Gill, Sharon (2020). Data from: Social context and noise affect within and between-male song adjustments in a common passerine [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.12jm63xv9
Abstract
Methods
Audio recordings of focal males were made at their nest boxes using Wildlife Acoustics Song Meter 2 units (SM2; Maynard, MA; 44.1 kHz sample frequency, 16-bit, .wav format), by attaching a microphone (Wildlife Acoustics: SMX-II model) directly to the nest box pole and connecting the microphone to SM2 unit with a 3-m cord. Units were pre-programmed to begin recording one hour before sunrise (Eastern Standard Time, EST) and to continue recording for five hours. We used Avisoft SASLab Pro v5.2 (R. Specht, Glienicke/Nordbahn, Germany) to label 25 songs from 36 males (Flat top window, 512 FFT length, 93.75% overlap, 0.725 ms time resolution). We used the automated parameter window (-20 dB threshold) to extract minimum frequency (Hz), maximum frequency (Hz), peak frequency (Hz), bandwidth (Hz), and song duration (s) from each song, song section, and syllable.
Funding
National Science Foundation, Award: 1257699