The communicative value of complex singing in passerine birds DOI
А. С. Опаев

Povolzhskiy Journal of Ecology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 2, P. 191 - 229

Published: Aug. 9, 2021

Birdsong is one of the most complex signals in animal world, as it may consist many different sounds grouped according to certain rules. Singing acts a distant signal, indicating, e.g., species and gender identity singer. However, territorial songbirds also use singing an interactive social signal during disputes, well while interacting with female. In these contexts, males vary type timing their songs convey graded information about motivational state, those variations can play role communication. this review, we considered how male context. To study such variations, researchers usually simulated intrusion by broadcasting conspecific territories, including modified manner necessary for researcher. For comparison, briefly intersexual The author paper focuses on complexity Therefore, not all known context-dependent changes are considered, but only related “complexity”: diversity song/sound types transitional patterns course singing. Our review has shown that change when they detect environmental appearance female or competitor follows: 1) song rate increases, 2) syllable 3) song-type switching 4) increases (i.e., observed repertoire size), 5) longer more predominantly used. some species, bout organization change, data still scarce. Typically, more, aforementioned acoustic behaviors have been found given song-bird species. All (tactics) come down single strategy, namely: maximizing over short period time (e.g., several minutes), is, increasing number and/or note types. proximate causes increased work competition context might lie sensory, perceptual bias receiver. Namely, habituation should occur repeated presentation same faster than vocalizing diversely, effectively influence recipient’s behavior.

Language: Английский

Coordinating social action: a primer for the cross-species investigation of communicative repair DOI Open Access
Raphaela Heesen, Marlen Fröhlich, Christine Sievers

et al.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 377(1859)

Published: July 25, 2022

Human joint action is inherently cooperative, manifested in the collaborative efforts of participants to minimize communicative trouble through interactive repair. Although repair requires sophisticated cognitive abilities, it can be dissected into basic building blocks shared with non-human animal species. A review primate literature shows that interactionally contingent signal sequences are at least common among species great apes, suggesting a gradual evolution To pioneer cross-species assessment this paper aims (i) identifying necessary precursors human repair; (ii) proposing coding framework for its comparative study humans and species; (iii) using analyse examples interactions (adults/children) apes. We hope will serve as primer comparisons breakdowns how they repaired. This article part theme issue ‘Revisiting ‘interaction engine’: approaches social coordination’.

Language: Английский

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Multifractal analysis reveals music-like dynamic structure in songbird rhythms DOI Creative Commons
Tina Roeske, Damian G. Kelty‐Stephen, Sebastian Wallot

et al.

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 8(1)

Published: March 9, 2018

Abstract Music is thought to engage its listeners by driving feelings of surprise, tension, and relief through a dynamic mixture predictable unpredictable patterns, property summarized here as “expressiveness”. Birdsong shares with music the goal attract listeners’ attention might use similar strategies achieve this. We tested thrush nightingale’s ( Luscinia luscinia ) rhythm , represented song amplitude envelope (containing information on note timing, duration, intensity), for evidence expressiveness. used multifractal analysis, which designed detect in signal fluctuations between states multiple timescales (e.g. notes, subphrases, songs). Results show that strongly multifractal, indicating patterns. Moreover, comparing original songs re-synthesized lack all subtle deviations from “standard” envelopes, we find intensity duration significantly contributed multifractality. This suggests birdsong more due timing often musical operations like accelerando or crescendo . While different sources these dynamics are conceivable, this study shows multi-timescale can be detected birdsong, paving path studying mechanisms function behind such

Language: Английский

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Vocal athletics – from birdsong production mechanisms to sexy songs DOI Creative Commons
Franz Goller

Animal Behaviour, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 184, P. 173 - 184

Published: May 20, 2021

Language: Английский

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Within-individual variation in sexual displays: signal or noise? DOI Open Access
Jessie C. Tanner, Mark A. Bee

Behavioral Ecology, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 30(1), P. 80 - 91

Published: Nov. 13, 2018

Animal sexual displays are typically repeated over time and consist of components that also within a display, creating potential for within-individual variation in signal production. Across taxa, patterns female preferences temporal properties signals well documented, but data describing how functions communication scarce. Is itself male quality, or noise obscures another encoded by pattern? In this study Cope's gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis, we used synthetic advertisement calls to examine the function two traits: pulse rate, species identity, call quality. We examined relationships between body condition coefficients males both traits. then measured variation. Because treefrogs communicate noisy social aggregations, experiment quiet at three amplitudes chorus-shaped evaluate affects mate choice natural settings. Within-individual production was not predicted likely acts as system. Females strongly discriminated against highly variable rates, when mean trait values were taken into account. At its highest level, chorus abolished effect, suggesting unlikely be expressed dense aggregations.

Language: Английский

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Equivalent effects of bandwidth and trill rate: support for a performance constraint as a competitive signal DOI Creative Commons
Jennifer N. Phillips, Elizabeth P. Derryberry

Animal Behaviour, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 132, P. 209 - 215

Published: Sept. 15, 2017

Language: Английский

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Evidence for vocal performance constraints in a female nonhuman primate DOI
Dena J. Clink, Russell A. Charif, Margaret C. Crofoot

et al.

Animal Behaviour, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 141, P. 85 - 94

Published: June 12, 2018

Language: Английский

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Birdsong performance studies: reports of their death have been greatly exaggerated DOI
Jeffrey Podos

Animal Behaviour, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 125, P. e17 - e24

Published: Jan. 18, 2017

Language: Английский

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Advancing the inference of performance in birdsong DOI
Gonçalo C. Cardoso

Animal Behaviour, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 125, P. e29 - e32

Published: Jan. 18, 2017

Language: Английский

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An analysis of avian vocal performance at the note and song levels DOI
David M. Logue,

Jacob A. Sheppard,

Bailey Walton

et al.

Bioacoustics, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 29(6), P. 709 - 730

Published: Oct. 16, 2019

Sexual displays that require extreme feats of physiological performance have the potential to reliably indicate signaller's skill or motivation. We tested for evidence constraints in Adelaide's warblers (Setophaga adelaidae) songs. At note level, we identified three trade-offs with well-defined limits. song two trade-offs, but their limits were less than note-level Trade-offs at both levels suggest structure is constrained by speed frequency modulation (while vocalising and between notes) respiration. Performance metrics derived from observed varied moderately among individuals strongly types. Note-level positively skewed, as predicted hypothesis constrained. conclude on respiration constrain male warblers. Further work needed determine whether receivers respond natural variation performance, correlates singer quality

Language: Английский

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Understanding sources of variance and correlation among features of Bornean gibbon (Hylobates muelleri) female calls DOI
Dena J. Clink, Mark N. Grote, Margaret C. Crofoot

et al.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 144(2), P. 698 - 708

Published: Aug. 1, 2018

Acoustic signals serve important functions in mate choice, resource defense, and species recognition. Quantifying patterns sources of variation acoustic can advance understanding the evolutionary processes that shape behavioral diversity more broadly. Animal vocalization datasets are inherently multivariate hierarchical, wherein multiple features estimated from calls many individuals across different recording locations. Patterns within hierarchical levels—notwithstanding challenges they present for modeling inference—can provide insight into shaping vocal variation. The current work presents a multivariate, variance components model to investigate three levels (within-female, between-female, between-site) Bornean gibbon calls. For six eight call spectrograms, between-female was most contributor total variance. one feature, trill rate, there were site-level differences, which may be related geographic isolation certain populations. There also negative relationship between rate duration introduction, suggesting trade-offs production Given substantial inter-individual calls, it seems likely has been selection confer information regarding caller identity, but mechanisms leading remain determined.

Language: Английский

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