Evaluación de la hipótesis de la detección alertada en el canto del Chingolo (Zonotrichia capensis). I. Experimentos con playbacks de cantos completos y fraccionados

Pablo L. Tubaro; Fabian M. Gabelli; I. M. Mozetich; Enrique T. Segura

doi:10.56178/eh.v14i3.994

Articles Published 01 October 1996 https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v14i3.994

Evaluation of the alerted detection hypothesis in the song of the Rufous Collared Sparrow. I. Experiments with complete and sectioned songs

Zonotrichia capensis playbacks alerted detection Rufous-collared Sparrows song

Pablo L. Tubaro Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Obligado 2490 (1428) Buenos Aires. Argentina

Fabian M. Gabelli Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Obligado 2490 (1428) Buenos Aires. Argentina

I. M. Mozetich Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Obligado 2490 (1428) Buenos Aires. Argentina

Enrique T. Segura Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Obligado 2490 (1428) Buenos Aires. Argentina

Abstract

The Alerted Detection Hypothesis suggests that the bird-song structure is adaptive for long-range communication in a noisy environment. According to this hypothesis, the introductory part of the song may act as an "alerting" element, which warns potential receptors about the arrival of the informative portion of the signal, contained in the remaining parts of the song. We evaluated the Alerted Detection Hypothesis in the Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) using a playback design with complete songs as well as their isolated constitutive parts (theme and trill). The Rufous-collared Sparrows responded more to the complete songs than to the themes and trills. However, both themes and trills evoked a similar response. These results contrast with those predicted by the Alerted Detection Hypothesis, which states that only complete songs and trills would have elicited significant responses of similar intensity.

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Pablo L. Tubaro, Fabian M. Gabelli, I. M. Mozetich, Enrique T. Segura (1996). Evaluation of the alerted detection hypothesis in the song of the Rufous Collared Sparrow. I. Experiments with complete and sectioned songs. El Hornero, Vol. 14 No. 3 (1996), 27-34. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v14i3.994

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[1] BECKER,P.H.1976.Artkennzeichnendegesangsmer-kmalebeiwinter-undsommergoldhahnchen(Regulusregulus,R.ignicapillus).Z.Tierpsycho\.42:411-437.

[2] BECKER,P.H.1982.Thecodingofspecies-specificchar-acteristicsinbirdsounds.En:AcousticCommunica-tioninBirds[D.E.Kroodsma;E.H.MilleryH.Ouellet(Eds.»),Vo\.l. pp.213-252.AcademicPress.

[3] BRACKENBURY,J .H.1982.Thestructuralbasisofvoiceproductionanditsrelationshiptosoundcharacteris-tics.En:AeousticCommunieationinBirds[D.E.Kroodsma;E.H.Millery H.Ouellet(Eds.»),Vo\.l.pp.53-73.AeademicPress.

[4] BROOKS,R.J.yJ. B.FALLS.1975.Individualrecognitionbysonginwhite-throatedsparrows.n.Effeetsoflocation.Can.J.Zoo\.53:1412-1420.

[5] DATE,E.M.,R.E.LEMON,D.M.WEARY,y A.K.RJCHTER.1991.Speciesidentitybybirdsong:Discreteoradditiveinformation?Anim.Behav.41:111-120.

[6] FICKEN,M.S.yR.W.FICKEN.1973.Effeetofnumber,kindandorderofsongelementsonplaybackresponsesofthegolden-wingedwarbler.Behaviour46:114-128

[7] HANDFORD,P.1981.VegetationalcorrelatesofvariationinthesongofZonotrichiacapensis,innorthwestemArgentina.Behav.Eeol&Soeiobiol.8:203-206.

[8] HANDFORD,P.1988.Trillratedialectsintherufous-eol-laredsparrow,Zonotrichiacapensis,innorthwest-emArgentina.Can.J.Zool.66:2658-2670.

[9] HANDFORD,P.yF.NOTTEBOHM.1976.Allozymicandmorphologicalvariationinpopulationsamplesofrufous-eollaredsparrow,Zonotrichiacapensis,inrelationtovocaldialects.Evolution30:802-817.

[10] HANDFORD,P.yS.LOUGHEED.1991.VariationinlengthandpitchcharactersinthesongoftheRufous-collaredSparrow,Zonotrichiacapensis,withrespeettohabitat,trilldialeetsandbodysize.Condor93:644-658.

[11] KEPPEL,G.1973.Designandanalysis.Areseareher'shand-book.Prenliee-HallIne.,EnglewoodCliffs,NewJersey.

[12] KROODSMA,D.E.1989.Suggestedexperimentaldesignsforsongplaybaeks.Anim.Behav.37:600-609.

[13] LOUGHEED,S.C.,A.J.LOUGHEED,M.RAE,yP.HANDFORD.1989.AnalysisofadialeetboundaryinChacovegetationintherufous-eollaredsparrow.Condor91:1002-1005.

[14] MARTIN,P.yP.BATESON.1986.Measuringbehaviour.CambridgeUniversityPress.Cambridge.

[15] NOTTEBOHM,F.1969.Thesongoftbeehingo10,Zono-trichiacapensis,inArgentina:deseriptionandevalu-alionofasystemofdialeets.Condor71:299-315.

[16] NOTTEBOHM,F.1975.ContinentalpatternsofsongvariabilityinZonotrichiacapensis:somepossibleecologiealeorrelates.Am.Nat.109:605-624.

[17] PEEK,H.V.S.yL.PETRINOVICH.1984.Habituation,sensitization,andbehavior.AeademiePress,INC.

[18] RICHARDS,D.G.1981.Alertingandmessageeomponentsinsongofrufous-sidedtowhees.Behaviour76:223-249.

[19] RICHARDS,D.G.y R.H.WILEY.1980.Reverberationsandamplitudef1uetuationsinthepropagationofsoundina forest:Implieationsforanimaleommunieation.Am.Nat.115:381-399.

[20] SHIOVITZ,K.A.1975.Theprocessofspeeies-specificsongrecognitionbytheindigobunting,Passerinacyanea,anditsrelationshiptotheorganizationofavianacousticalbehaviour.Behaviour55:I 28-179.

[21] SIMONETTI,G.,P.L.TUBARO,yE.T.SEGURA.1996.Eva-luacióndelaHipótesisdelaDetecciónAlertadaenlecantodelchingolo(Zonotrichiacapensis).n.Elefectodeladegradaciónacústicaenlosplaybacksconcantoscompletosy fraccionados.Hornero14:

[22] TUBARO,P.1990.Aspectoscausalesy funcionalesdelospatronesdevariacióndelcantodelchingo10(Zonotrichiacapensis).Tesisdoctora\. FCEN.Uni-versidaddeBuenosAires.

[23] TUBARO,P.L.yE.T.SEGURA.1994.Dia1ectdifferencesinthesongofZonotrichiacapensisintheSouthernPampas:AtestoftheAcousticAdaptationHypoth-esis.Condor96:1084-1088.

[24] TUBARO,P.L,E.T.SEGURA,yP.HANDFORD.1993.GeographicvariationinthesongoftheRufous-collaredSparrowinEasternArgentina.Condor95:588-595.

[25] WILEY,R.H.y D.G.RICHARDS.1978.Physica1constraintsonacousticcommunicationintheatmosphere.1m-plicationsfortheevolutionofanimalvocalizations.Behav.Eco\.Sociobio\.3:69·94.

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