Diferencias en el canto de la Ratona Común (Troglodytes musculus) en ambientes con distintos niveles de influencia humana

Solange Mendes; Víctor J. Colino-Rabanal; Salvador J. Peris

doi:10.56178/eh.v26i2.680

Articles Published 01 December 2011 https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v26i2.680

Changes in the vocalization of the Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus) in environments with different levels of human disturbance

acoustic adaptation hypothesis acoustic pollution Troglodytes musculus vocal adjustment

Solange Mendes Departamento de Biología Animal-Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca. Campus Miguel de Unamuno s/n, 37071 Salamanca, España

Víctor J. Colino-Rabanal Departamento de Biología Animal-Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca. Campus Miguel de Unamuno s/n, 37071 Salamanca, España

Salvador J. Peris Departamento de Biología Animal-Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca. Campus Miguel de Unamuno s/n, 37071 Salamanca, España

Abstract

It has been shown that some bird species are able to modify their songs in order to avoid being masked by ambient noise, a particular case of the more general acoustic adaptation hypothesis to the surrounding environment. We analyzed physical and temporal parameters of the song of the Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus) in three different acoustic environments (urban, peri-urban and rural zones) in the metropolitan area of Belém (Brazil). To evaluate the acoustic impact on the song, we did not consider the complete spectrum of ambient noise but only included that within the range of vocalization of the species, which is the one that could potentially interfere with the song. Some song parameters as the concentration of energy within the range of frequencies and note duration were correlated with noise levels. Discrepancies between results from noise levels and urban zoning can be a consequence of differences in vegetation or due to the own characteristics of Belém's urban planning. These correlations could be evidence of acoustic adaptation, but other factors could also explain them. Were noise levels the explanation for those changes, more research would be needed to demonstrate that they contribute to an effective improvement of song transmission.

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Solange Mendes, Víctor J. Colino-Rabanal, Salvador J. Peris (2011). Changes in the vocalization of the Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus) in environments with different levels of human disturbance. El Hornero, Vol. 26 No. 2 (2011), 85-93. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v26i2.680

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[2] BEECHER MD (1982) Signature systems and kin re-cognition. Integrative and Comparative Biology 22:477–490

[3] BEECHER MD (1988) Kin recognition in birds. Behav-iour Genetics 18:465–482

[4] BEECHER MD (1989) Signalling systems for individualrecognition: an information theory approach. Ani-mal Behaviour 38:248–261

[5] BIBBY CJ Y BURGESS ND (2000) Bird census techniques.Academic Press, Londres

[6] BONIER F, MARTIN PR, SHELDON KS, JENSEN JP, FOLTZSL Y WINGFIELD JC (2007) Sex-specific consequencesof life in the city. Behavioral Ecology 18:121–129

[7] BROWN TJ Y HANDFORD P (2000) Sound design forvocalizations: quality in the woods, consistency inthe fields. Condor 102:81–92

[8] BRUMM H (2004) The impact of environmental noiseon song amplitude in a territorial bird. Journal ofAnimal Ecology 73:434–440

[9] BRUMM H Y SLABBEKOORN H (2005) Acoustic comm-unication in noise. Advances in the Study of Behavior35:151–209

[10] BRUMM H Y TODT D (2002) Noise-dependent songamplitude regulation in a territorial songbird. Ani-mal Behaviour 63:891–897

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[13] CYNX J, LEWIS R, TAVEL B Y TSE H (1998) Amplituderegulation of vocalizations in noise by a songbirdTaeniopygia guttata. Animal Behaviour 56:107–113

[14] DOYLE RL, MCCOWAN B, HANSER SF, CHYBA C, BUCCIT Y BLUE JE (2008) Applicability of informationtheory to the quantification of responses to anthro-pogenic noise by Southeast Alaskan HumpbackWhales. Entropy 10:33–46

[15] ENDLER JA (1993) The color of light in forests and itsimplications. Ecological Monographs 63:1–27

[16] FASANELLA M Y FERNÁNDEZ GJ (2009) Alarm calls ofthe Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus:variation with nesting stage and predator model.Journal of Ornithology 150:853–863

[17] FERNÁNDEZ-JURICIC E, POSTON R, COLLIBUS K, MORGANT, BASTIAN B, MARTIN C, JONES K Y TREMINIO R (2005)Microhabitat selection and singing behavior pat-terns of male house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) inurban parks in a heavily urbanized landscape inthe western U.S. Urban Habitats 3:49–69

[18] FOWLER J Y COHEN L (1999) Estadística básica enOrnitología. SEO-BirdLife, Madrid

[19] FULLER RA, WARREN PH Y GASTON KJ (2007) Daytimenoise predicts nocturnal singing in urban robins.Biological Letters 3:368–370

[20] HABIB L, BAYNE EM Y BOUTIN S (2007) Chronic indus-trial noise affects pairing success and age structureof ovenbirds Seiurus aurocapilla. Journal of AppliedEcology 44:176–184

[21] HUY CARDOSO GC (2009) Are bird species that vocal-ize at higher frequencies preadapted to inhabitnoisy urban areas? Behavioral Ecology 20:1268–1273

[22] JOHNSON LS Y KERMOTT H (1991) The functions of songin male house wrens (Troglodytes aedon). Behaviour116:190–209

[23] KROODSMA DE (1977) Correlates of song organizationamong North American wrens. American Naturalist111:995–1008

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[26] MORTON ES (1975) Ecological sources of selection onavian sounds. American Naturalist 109:17–34

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[28] NOTTEBOHM F (1985) Sound transmission, signal sali-ence, and song dialects. Behavioral and Brain Sciences8:112–113

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[39] SLABBEKOORN H Y SMITH TB (2002) Bird song, ecology,and speciation. Philosophical Transactions of the RoyalSociety B 357:493–503

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[42] THOMAS RJ (2002) The costs of singing in nightingales.Animal Behaviour 63:959–966

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[45] TUBARO PL Y LIJTMAER DA (2006) Environmental cor-relates of song structure in forest grosbeaks andsaltators. Condor 108:120–129

[46] WARD S, SPEAKMAN JR Y SLATER PJB (2003) The energycost of song in the canary Serinus canaria. AnimalBehaviour 66:893–902

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