Does Zipf’s law of abbreviation shape birdsong?

• R. Tucker Gilman ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tucker.gilman@manchester.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2000-7966

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• CD Durrant,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• Lucy Malpas,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliations Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• Rebecca N. Lewis

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Conservation and Science Team, Chester Zoo, Chester, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0595-6779

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