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SOUND-BASED SPECIES-SPECIFIC RECOGNITION IN THE BLACKCAP SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA SHOWS HIGH TOLERANCE TO SIGNAL MODIFICATIONS
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Abstract
The aim of the present study is to investigate the male blackcap decoding process allowing species-specific recognition in the perspective of possible adaptations for communication in dense vegetation. We played back modified and natural blackcap songs to territorial blackcap males and scored the reaction of the territory owners. We examined the response of blackcap males to artificial songs manipulated to reflect a possible environmental degradation. Territory owners respond strongly even to crude models of conspecific song. Only when frequency modulation is suppressed or the number of syllables in the song is drastically reduced do the territory owners cease to respond. The importance of frequency modulation for species recognition is further emphasised by territory owners' strong response to synthetic sounds, in which rapid frequency modulation is superimposed by a less rapid and a slow frequency modulation within the frequency range of conspecific song. Our results have then put forward the acoustic basis for the initial perception of potential conspecifics. It appears that blackcap species-specific decoding process seems highly tolerant towards song structure modifications. May be this is an adaptation to the propagation acoustic constraints imposed by the forest environment.
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SOUND-BASED SPECIES-SPECIFIC RECOGNITION IN THE BLACKCAP SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA SHOWS HIGH TOLERANCE TO SIGNAL MODIFICATIONS
in BehaviourSearch for other papers by Nicolas Mathevon in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Thierry Aubin in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Abstract
The aim of the present study is to investigate the male blackcap decoding process allowing species-specific recognition in the perspective of possible adaptations for communication in dense vegetation. We played back modified and natural blackcap songs to territorial blackcap males and scored the reaction of the territory owners. We examined the response of blackcap males to artificial songs manipulated to reflect a possible environmental degradation. Territory owners respond strongly even to crude models of conspecific song. Only when frequency modulation is suppressed or the number of syllables in the song is drastically reduced do the territory owners cease to respond. The importance of frequency modulation for species recognition is further emphasised by territory owners' strong response to synthetic sounds, in which rapid frequency modulation is superimposed by a less rapid and a slow frequency modulation within the frequency range of conspecific song. Our results have then put forward the acoustic basis for the initial perception of potential conspecifics. It appears that blackcap species-specific decoding process seems highly tolerant towards song structure modifications. May be this is an adaptation to the propagation acoustic constraints imposed by the forest environment.
| Insgesamt | Letzte 365 Tage | In den letzten 30 Tagen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aufrufe von Kurzbeschreibungen | 3133 | 2739 | 57 |
| Gesamttextansichten | 147 | 13 | 1 |
| PDF-Downloads | 61 | 21 | 6 |
