Titre du document / Document title
Can a sexually dimorphic learned birdsong be used for male-female recognition ?
Auteur(s) / Author(s)
YAMAGUCHI A.
(1) ;
Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)
(1) Animal Communication Laboratory and Animal Behavior Graduate Group, University of California at Davis, ETATS-UNIS
Résumé / Abstract
In many temperate zone songbirds, singing is solely a behavior of males. In these species, the singer's sex is encoded in the act of singing. However, in some species both sexes sing. For songs of these species to be used for sex recognition, the acoustic structure of songs of the two sexes needs to be dimorphic, and the dimorphism needs to be identifiable by the birds themselves. I examined the ability of acoustic sex recognition in a species in which the two sexes produce very similar songs, Northern cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis). A field playback experiment was conducted to examine whether cardinals can distinguish the sex of the singer based on hearing a song. The results showed that cardinals responded differently to the songs of the two sexes, suggesting that songs of cardinals are used for acoustic sex recognition despite their remarkable similarity.
Revue / Journal Title
Behaviour
ISSN 0005-7959
CODEN BEHAA8
Source / Source
1998, vol. 135 (7), pp. 833-844 (21 ref.)
Langue / Language
Anglais
Editeur / Publisher
Brill, Leiden, PAYS-BAS
(1948)
(Revue)
Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords
Song ;
Individual recognition ;
Sex ;
Spectral analysis ;
Sexual dimorphism ;
Field study ;
Arizona ;
Sound production ;
Acoustic communication ;
Animal communication ;
United States ;
North America ;
America ;
Aves ;
Vertebrata ;
Mots-clés français / French Keywords
Chant ;
Reconnaissance interindividuelle ;
Sexe ;
Analyse spectrale ;
Dimorphisme sexuel ;
Etude sur terrain ;
Arizona ;
Cardinalis cardinalis ;
Emberizidae ;
Emission sonore ;
Communication sonore ;
Communication animale ;
Etats Unis ;
Amérique du Nord ;
Amérique ;
Aves ;
Vertebrata ;
Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords
Canto ;
Reconocimiento interindividual ;
Sexo ;
Análisis espectral ;
Dimorfismo sexual ;
Estudio en campo ;
Arizona ;
Emisión sonora ;
Comunicación sonora ;
Comunicación animal ;
Estados Unidos ;
America del norte ;
America ;
Aves ;
Vertebrata ;
Localisation / Location
INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 5328, 35400007299234.0010
Nº notice refdoc (ud4) : 1595833
