... Foraging strategies Silent behavior Vocal behavior Many mammals rely on their visual systems to orient, navigate and forage. However, some species, like bats, dolphins and whales, have evolved specializations to actively probe their environments with sound: echolocating animals send out sonar...

...-related peptide Immunobistochernistry Vocal behavior Neuropeptide Sex difference Zebra finch Fig. 7. Somatostatin labeling within Uva (upper panels) and DM (lower panels). Right side of brain is shown in all cases. Labeled cells ventral to Uva are in the medial spiriform nucleus (SpM); labeled...

... differences may be directly related to production of learned vocalizations in males, as well as to other aspects of song behavior and courtship. Songbird Somatostatin Calcitonin gene-related peptide Immunobistochernistry Vocal behavior Neuropeptide Sex difference Zebra finch 9 1 2008...

... requirements for motor production. Where there were size differences, they were restricted to regions primarily controlling vocal behavior acquisition/perception, suggesting that first time breeders need more brain space than experienced breeders to acquire crystallized song and/or acoustically perceive...