Table 1.

Summary of focal male characteristics (means given with ±SE)

Male:	O	W	P	G	T	J
Site	SR	SR	SR	CP	CP	CP
Territory size (ha)	0.633	0.516	0.328	0.283	0.199	0.445
Year on territory	5	2	1	2	0	1
Presumed age	old	old	young	old	old	young
Repertoire size (single song types only)	24	26	23	17	25	20
Fraction single song types shared w/neighbours	0.740	0.769	0.667	0.824	0.733	0.725
Mean song duration (sec) (single song types only)	3.06 ±0.162	3.07 ±0.157	3.01 ±0.180	3.21 ±0.236	3.26 ±0.160	2.82 ±0.195
Mean song bandwidth (Hz) (single song types only)	5215 ±436	5144 ±319	4968 ±421	5023 ±451	5145 ±339	4503 ±377
% rattle-buzz song types	37.5	42.3	36.4	41.2	37.5	42.9
No. compound song types	6	8	5	9	12	4
Dawn chorus song rate (single songs/min)	4.88 ±0.82	5.95 ±0.39	4.77 ±1.32	4.09 ±1.00	5.87 ±1.62	5.28 ±0.55
Total songs recorded	1744	1307	1081	1734	1001	1317