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Dominance signalled in an acoustic ornament

dc.contributor.authorHoeschele, Marisa
dc.contributor.authorMoscicki, Michele
dc.contributor.authorOtter, Ken A.
dc.contributor.authorvan Oort, Harry
dc.contributor.authorFort, Kevin T.
dc.contributor.authorFarrell, Tara M.
dc.contributor.authorLee, Homan
dc.contributor.authorRobson, Scott W. J.
dc.contributor.authorSturdy, Christopher B.
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-14
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T01:15:45Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T01:15:45Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractIn many species, males use auditory signals to attract females and females select males based on their dominance status. Here we show that information on dominance status in male black-capped chickadees, Poecile atricapillus, a small, temperate, North American songbird, can be extracted from individual songs. We found that the relative amplitude of the two notes in the ‘fee bee’ song of this species was more consistent in dominant males. Furthermore, females responded differently to presentations of single song exemplars from males of different dominance status, with females vocalizing more and performing more motor behaviours during the presentation of dominant songs. Our study suggests that non-pitch-based cues within single vocalizations can both reliably indicate relative rank and be discriminated by females.
dc.description.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/full-record/edselp/S0003347209005739
dc.identifier.citationHoeschele, M., Moscicki, M. K., Otter, K. A., van Oort, H., Fort, K. T., Farrell, T. M., Lee, H., Robson, S. W. J., & Sturdy, C. B. (2010). Dominance signalled in an acoustic ornament. Animal Behaviour, 79(3), 657–664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.015
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.015
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/1892
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectadvertisement
dc.subjectblack-capped chickadee
dc.subjectcommunication
dc.subjectdominance
dc.subjectPoecile atricapillus
dc.titleDominance signalled in an acoustic ornamenten
dc.typeArticle

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