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Robert A. Barber

Imperial College LondonORCID 0000-0001-6735-5250Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Evolutionary BiologyProceedings of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesPeer-reviewedMay 20, 2026

Song complexity in suboscine birds: evolutionary drivers and ecological constraints

Jingyi Yang, Chiti Arvind, Robert A. Barber…·Joseph A. Tobias

This study uses Bayesian phylogenetic models to analyze song complexity in suboscine birds, finding that sexual selection reduces complexity while territoriality increases it, challenging the dominance of sexual selection as the primary driver.

DOI 10.1098/rspb.2026.0429

multiple speciesstatistical model

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