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Sementili-Cardoso G, Donatelli RJ. Vocal divergence between two disjunct populations of Giant Antshrike (Batara cinerea) is related to environmental conditions. AUSTRAL ECOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.12682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Guilherme Sementili-Cardoso
- Institute of Biosciences; Sao Paulo State University; Botucatu Brazil
- Laboratory of Ornithology; School of Sciences; Sao Paulo State University; Bauru Brazil
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Tamura N, Boonkhaw P, Prayoon U, Kanchanasaka B, Hayashi F. Mating calls are a sensitive indicator of phylogenetic relationships in tropical tree squirrels (Callosciurus spp.). Mamm Biol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2018.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Miles MC, Goller F, Fuxjager MJ. Physiological constraint on acrobatic courtship behavior underlies rapid sympatric speciation in bearded manakins. eLife 2018; 7:e40630. [PMID: 30375331 PMCID: PMC6207423 DOI: 10.7554/elife.40630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Physiology's role in speciation is poorly understood. Motor systems, for example, are widely thought to shape this process because they can potentiate or constrain the evolution of key traits that help mediate speciation. Previously, we found that Neotropical manakin birds have evolved one of the fastest limb muscles on record to support innovations in acrobatic courtship display (Fuxjager et al., 2016a). Here, we show how this modification played an instrumental role in the sympatric speciation of a manakin genus, illustrating that muscle specializations fostered divergence in courtship display speed, which may generate assortative mating. However, innovations in contraction-relaxation cycling kinetics that underlie rapid muscle performance are also punctuated by a severe speed-endurance trade-off, blocking further exaggeration of display speed. Sexual selection therefore potentiated phenotypic displacement in a trait critical to mate choice, all during an extraordinarily fast species radiation-and in doing so, pushed muscle performance to a new boundary altogether.
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- University of UtahSalt Lake CityUnited States
- Institute for ZoophysiologyUniversity of MünsterGermany
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Cooney CR, MacGregor HEA, Seddon N, Tobias JA. Multi-modal signal evolution in birds: re-examining a standard proxy for sexual selection. Proc Biol Sci 2018; 285:rspb.2018.1557. [PMID: 30333209 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Sexual selection is proposed to be an important driver of speciation and phenotypic diversification in animal systems. However, previous phylogenetic tests have produced conflicting results, perhaps because they have focused on a single signalling modality (visual ornaments), whereas sexual selection may act on alternative signalling modalities (e.g. acoustic ornaments). Here, we compile phenotypic data from 259 avian sister species pairs to assess the relationship between visible plumage dichromatism-a standard index of sexual selection in birds-and macroevolutionary divergence in the other major avian signalling modality: song. We find evidence for a strong negative relationship between the degree of plumage dichromatism and divergence in song traits, which remains significant even when accounting for other key factors, including habitat type, ecological divergence and interspecific interactions. This negative relationship is opposite to the pattern expected by a straightforward interpretation of the sexual selection-diversification hypothesis, whereby higher levels of dichromatism indicating strong sexual selection should be related to greater levels of mating signal divergence regardless of signalling modality. Our findings imply a 'trade-off' between the elaboration of visual ornaments and the diversification of acoustic mating signals, and suggest that the effects of sexual selection on diversification can only be determined by considering multiple alternative signalling modalities.
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- Christopher R Cooney
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK .,Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.,School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.,Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK
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Fishbein AR, Löschner J, Mallon JM, Wilkinson GS. Dynamic sex-specific responses to synthetic songs in a duetting suboscine passerine. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0202353. [PMID: 30157227 PMCID: PMC6114868 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Many bird species produce temporally coordinated duets and choruses, requiring the rapid integration of auditory perception and motor production. While males and females of some species are known to participate in these displays for sex-specific purposes, few studies have identified perceptual features that trigger sex-specific contributions of coordinated song. Especially little is known about perception and production in duetting suboscine passerines, which are thought to have innate songs and largely static, rather than dynamic, vocal behavior. Here, we used synthetic stimuli in a playback experiment on chestnut-backed antbirds (Myrmeciza exsul) to (1) test whether differences in song frequency (Hz) can trigger sex-specific vocal behavior in a suboscine passerine (2) test for the functions of duetting in males and females of this species, and (3) determine whether these suboscines can dynamically adjust the temporal and spectral features of their songs. We found sex-specific responses to synthetic playback manipulated in song frequency (Hz), providing evidence that in this context males sing in duets for general territory defense and females join in for mate guarding purposes. In addition, we found that the birds altered the frequency, duration, and timing of their songs depending on the frequency of the playback songs. Thus, we show that these birds integrate spectral and temporal information about conspecific songs and actively modulate their responses in sex-specific ways.
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- Adam R. Fishbein
- Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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- Animal Physiology, Institute for Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Territorial responses to song components in a suboscine, the vermilion flycatcher. Behav Processes 2018; 157:478-483. [PMID: 29940257 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2018.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Revised: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Vermilion flycatchers songs are composed of two acoustically different parts: a first part (FP) containing a variable number of introductory elements, and a second part (SP) composed of four elements. Previous work suggests that the FP is important for territorial competition and that it conveys information on threat level. By exposing free-living males to playbacks of complete songs (CS's), FP's and SP's, we evaluated the relative contribution of each song part in males' territorial responses. Males called in response to all three treatments, suggesting each song component is important for territorial competition. Males' call response did not differ toward CS's and FP's, and toward CS's and SP's (although a non-significant tendency was found for SP's to elicit a weaker response than CS's), but it was greater toward FP's than toward SP's. These results, coupled with previous work, further support the idea that the FP plays a special role during territorial competition and may give information on level of threat. We further discuss our result in terms of mechanistic and functional hypotheses.
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Goller M, Shizuka D. Evolutionary origins of vocal mimicry in songbirds. Evol Lett 2018; 2:417-426. [PMID: 30283692 PMCID: PMC6121844 DOI: 10.1002/evl3.62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Revised: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Vocal learning is an important behavior in oscines (songbirds). Some songbird species learn heterospecific sounds as well as conspecific vocalizations. The emergence of vocal mimicry is necessarily tied to the evolution of vocal learning, as mimicry requires the ability to acquire sounds through learning. As such, tracking the evolutionary origins of vocal mimicry may provide insights into the causes of variation in song learning programs among songbirds. We compiled a database of known vocal mimics that comprised 339 species from 43 families. We then traced the evolutionary history of vocal mimicry across the avian phylogeny using ancestral trait reconstruction on a dataset of oscine passerines for which vocalizations have been described. We found that the common ancestor to oscines was unlikely to mimic sounds, suggesting that song learning evolved with mechanisms to constrain learning to conspecific models. Mimicry then evolved repeatedly within the songbird clade, either through relaxation of constraints on conspecific learning or through selection for active vocal mimicry. Vocal mimicry is likely ancestral in only a handful of clades, and we detect many instances of independent origins of mimicry. Our analysis underscores the liability of vocal mimicry in songbirds, and highlights the evolutionary flexibility of song learning mechanisms.
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- Maria Goller
- School of Biological Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln Nebraska 68588-0118
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln Nebraska 68588-0118
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Miles MC, Fuxjager MJ. Synergistic selection regimens drive the evolution of display complexity in birds of paradise. J Anim Ecol 2018; 87:1149-1159. [PMID: 29637997 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Integrated visual displays that combine gesture with colour are nearly ubiquitous in the animal world, where they are shaped by sexual selection for their role in courtship and competition. However, few studies assess how multiple selection regimens operate on different components of these complex phenotypes on a macroevolutionary scale. Here, we study this issue by assessing how both sexual and ecological selection work together to influence visual display complexity in the birds of paradise. We first find that sexual dichromatism is highest in lekking species, which undergo more intense sexual selection by female choice, than non-lekking species. At the same time, species in which males directly compete with one another at communal display courts have more carotenoid-based ornaments and fewer melanin ornaments. Meanwhile, display habitat influences gestural complexity. Species that dance in the cluttered understorey have more complex dances than canopy-displaying species. Taken together, our results illustrate how distinct selection regimens each operate on individual elements comprising a complex display. This supports a modular model of display evolution, wherein the ultimate integrated display is the product of synergy between multiple factors that select for different types of phenotypic complexity.
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- Meredith C Miles
- Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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Villegas M, Blake JG, Sieving KE, Loiselle BA. Vocal variation in Chiroxiphia boliviana (Aves; Pipridae) along an Andean elevational gradient. Evol Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10682-018-9934-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Pearse WD, Morales-Castilla I, James LS, Farrell M, Boivin F, Davies TJ. Global macroevolution and macroecology of passerine song. Evolution 2018; 72:944-960. [PMID: 29441527 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Studying the macroevolution of the songs of Passeriformes (perching birds) has proved challenging. The complexity of the task stems not just from the macroevolutionary and macroecological challenge of modeling so many species, but also from the difficulty in collecting and quantifying birdsong itself. Using machine learning techniques, we extracted songs from a large citizen science dataset, and then analyzed the evolution, and biotic and abiotic predictors of variation in birdsong across 578 passerine species. Contrary to expectations, we found few links between life-history traits (monogamy and sexual dimorphism) and the evolution of song pitch (peak frequency) or song complexity (standard deviation of frequency). However, we found significant support for morphological constraints on birdsong, as reflected in a negative correlation between bird size and song pitch. We also found that broad-scale biogeographical and climate factors such as net primary productivity, temperature, and regional species richness were significantly associated with both the evolution and present-day distribution of bird song features. Our analysis integrates comparative and spatial modeling with newly developed data cleaning and curation tools, and suggests that evolutionary history, morphology, and present-day ecological processes shape the distribution of song diversity in these charismatic and important birds.
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- William D Pearse
- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.,Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.,Department of Biology and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.,Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.,Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.,Department of Life Sciences, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares 28805, Spain
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
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- Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
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Kitchen DM, Cortés‐Ortiz L, Dias PAD, Canales‐Espinosa D, Bergman TJ. Alouatta pigra
males ignore
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loud calls: A case of failed rival recognition? AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2018; 166:433-441. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2017] [Revised: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Dawn M. Kitchen
- Department of AnthropologyThe Ohio State UniversityColumbus Ohio43210
- Department of AnthropologyThe Ohio State University‐MansfieldMansfield Ohio44906
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor Michigan48109
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- Primate Behavioral Ecology Lab, Instituto de NeuroetologíaUniversidad Veracruzana, XalapaVeracruzCP 91000 Mexico
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- Primate Behavioral Ecology Lab, Instituto de NeuroetologíaUniversidad Veracruzana, XalapaVeracruzCP 91000 Mexico
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor Michigan48109
- Department of PsychologyUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor Michigan48109
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Derryberry EP, Seddon N, Derryberry GE, Claramunt S, Seeholzer GF, Brumfield RT, Tobias JA. Ecological drivers of song evolution in birds: Disentangling the effects of habitat and morphology. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:1890-1905. [PMID: 29435262 PMCID: PMC5792612 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Environmental differences influence the evolutionary divergence of mating signals through selection acting either directly on signal transmission ("sensory drive") or because morphological adaptation to different foraging niches causes divergence in "magic traits" associated with signal production, thus indirectly driving signal evolution. Sensory drive and magic traits both contribute to variation in signal structure, yet we have limited understanding of the relative role of these direct and indirect processes during signal evolution. Using phylogenetic analyses across 276 species of ovenbirds (Aves: Furnariidae), we compared the extent to which song evolution was related to the direct influence of habitat characteristics and the indirect effect of body size and beak size, two potential magic traits in birds. We find that indirect ecological selection, via diversification in putative magic traits, explains variation in temporal, spectral, and performance features of song. Body size influences song frequency, whereas beak size limits temporal and performance components of song. In comparison, direct ecological selection has weaker and more limited effects on song structure. Our results illustrate the importance of considering multiple deterministic processes in the evolution of mating signals.
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- Elizabeth Perrault Derryberry
- Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological SciencesLouisiana State UniversityBaton RougeLAUSA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyTulane UniversityNew OrleansLAUSA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of TennesseeKnoxvilleTNUSA
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- Department of ZoologyEdward Grey InstituteUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological SciencesLouisiana State UniversityBaton RougeLAUSA
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- Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological SciencesLouisiana State UniversityBaton RougeLAUSA
- Department of Natural HistoryRoyal Ontario MuseumTorontoONCanada
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- Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological SciencesLouisiana State UniversityBaton RougeLAUSA
- Department of OrnithologyAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNYUSA
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- Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological SciencesLouisiana State UniversityBaton RougeLAUSA
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- Department of ZoologyEdward Grey InstituteUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
- Department of Life SciencesImperial College LondonLondonUK
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Nwankwo EC, Pallari CT, Hadjioannou L, Ioannou A, Mulwa RK, Kirschel ANG. Rapid song divergence leads to discordance between genetic distance and phenotypic characters important in reproductive isolation. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:716-731. [PMID: 29321908 PMCID: PMC5756877 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The criteria for species delimitation in birds have long been debated, and several recent studies have proposed new methods for such delimitation. On one side, there is a large consensus of investigators who believe that the only evidence that can be used to delimit species is molecular phylogenetics, and with increasing numbers of markers to gain better support, whereas on the other, there are investigators adopting alternative approaches based largely on phenotypic differences, including in morphology and communication signals. Yet, these methods have little to say about rapid differentiation in specific traits shown to be important in reproductive isolation. Here, we examine variation in phenotypic (morphology, plumage, and song) and genotypic (mitochondrial and nuclear DNA) traits among populations of yellow-rumped tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus in East Africa. Strikingly, song divergence between the P. b. fischeri subspecies from Kenya and Zanzibar and P. b. bilineatus from Tanzania is discordant with genetic distance, having occurred over a short time frame, and playback experiments show that adjacent populations of P. b. bilineatus and P. b. fischeri do not recognize one another's songs. While such rapid divergence might suggest a founder effect following invasion of Zanzibar, molecular evidence suggests otherwise, with insular P. b. fischeri nested within mainland P. b. fischeri. Populations from the Eastern Arc Mountains are genetically more distant, yet share the same song with P. b. bilineatus from Coastal Tanzania and Southern Africa, suggesting they would interbreed. We believe investigators ought to examine potentially rapid divergence in traits important in species recognition and sexual selection when delimiting species, rather than relying entirely on arbitrary quantitative characters or molecular markers.
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of CyprusNicosiaCyprus
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- Ornithology Section, Zoology DepartmentNational Museums of KenyaNairobiKenya
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of CyprusNicosiaCyprus
- Department of ZoologyEdward Grey InstituteUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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Sementili-Cardoso G, Rodrigues FG, Martins RM, Gerotti RW, Vianna RM, Donatelli RJ. Variation among vocalizations of Taraba major (Aves: Thamnophilidae) subspecies. STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2017.1414983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Guilherme Sementili-Cardoso
- Laboratório de Ornitologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Bauru, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ornitologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Bauru, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ornitologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Bauru, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ornitologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Bauru, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ornitologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Bauru, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ornitologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Bauru, Brazil
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Kitchen DM, Bergman TJ, Dias PAD, Ho L, Canales-Espinosa D, Cortés-Ortiz L. Temporal but Not Acoustic Plasticity in Hybrid Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata × A. pigra) Loud Calls. INT J PRIMATOL 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10764-017-0004-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Torres IMD, Lopez LCS, de Araújo CB. Allometric trends reveal distinct evolutionary trajectories for avian communication. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2017; 142:1879. [PMID: 29092573 DOI: 10.1121/1.5005495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Acoustic signal production is affected by allometric relationships, by which the larger the animal, the lower its call frequency. In this paper, three evolutionary acoustic hypotheses were tested: the Signal-to-Noise Ratio Hypothesis (SNRH), in which evolution maximizes call ranges by increasing the signal-to-noise ratio; the Stimulus Threshold Hypothesis (STH), in which evolution maximizes the range of a specific signal threshold; and the Body Size Hypothesis (BSH), in which the emission of long wavelengths is enabled by body size. Three spectral metrics were measured, Dominant Frequency (FDOM), Minimum Fundamental Frequencies (FFMIN), and Maximum Fundamental Frequencies (FFMAX) of Neotropical Parrots, New World Doves, Woodcreepers, Tinamous, and Thrushes. A Ranged Major Axis (RMA) regression showed that body mass is significantly correlated with all of the spectral parameters in Parrots, Doves, and Woodcreepers, but only with the fundamental frequencies of Tinamous. The FDOM of Parrots corroborated the SNRH. The FFMIN of Woodcreepers and Tinamous corroborated the SNRH and BSH. The FFMAX of Parrots corroborated the STH and BSH. Those acoustic hypotheses could shed light on the evolutionary processes involved in avian communication, although results indicate that these depend on the taxa and spectral parameters considered.
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- Ingrid M D Torres
- Zoology Postgraduate Program, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, 58051-900, Brazil
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- Systematic and Ecology Department, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, 58051-900, Brazil
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- Systematic and Ecology Department, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, 58051-900, Brazil
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Grether GF, Peiman KS, Tobias JA, Robinson BW. Causes and Consequences of Behavioral Interference between Species. Trends Ecol Evol 2017; 32:760-772. [PMID: 28797610 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Revised: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Behavioral interference between species, such as territorial aggression, courtship, and mating, is widespread in animals. While aggressive and reproductive forms of interspecific interference have generally been studied separately, their many parallels and connections warrant a unified conceptual approach. Substantial evidence exists that aggressive and reproductive interference have pervasive effects on species coexistence, range limits, and evolutionary processes, including divergent and convergent forms of character displacement. Alien species invasions and climate change-induced range shifts result in novel interspecific interactions, heightening the importance of predicting the consequences of species interactions, and behavioral interference is a fundamental but neglected part of the equation. Here, we outline priorities for further theoretical and empirical research on the ecological and evolutionary consequences of behavioral interference.
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- Gregory F Grether
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ONT, K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, SL5 7PY, UK
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, ONT, N1G 2W1, Canada
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Pasch B, Tokuda IT, Riede T. Grasshopper mice employ distinct vocal production mechanisms in different social contexts. Proc Biol Sci 2017; 284:20171158. [PMID: 28724740 PMCID: PMC5543235 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Functional changes in vocal organ morphology and motor control facilitate the evolution of acoustic signal diversity. Although many rodents produce vocalizations in a variety of social contexts, few studies have explored the underlying production mechanisms. Here, we describe mechanisms of audible and ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) produced by grasshopper mice (genus Onychomys). Grasshopper mice are predatory rodents of the desert that produce both loud, long-distance advertisement calls and USVs in close-distance mating contexts. Using live-animal recording in normal air and heliox, laryngeal and vocal tract morphological investigations, and biomechanical modelling, we found that grasshopper mice employ two distinct vocal production mechanisms. In heliox, changes in higher-harmonic amplitudes of long-distance calls indicate an airflow-induced tissue vibration mechanism, whereas changes in fundamental frequency of USVs support a whistle mechanism. Vocal membranes and a thin lamina propria aid in the production of long-distance calls by increasing glottal efficiency and permitting high frequencies, respectively. In addition, tuning of fundamental frequency to the second resonance of a bell-shaped vocal tract increases call amplitude. Our findings indicate that grasshopper mice can dynamically adjust motor control to suit the social context and have novel morphological adaptations that facilitate long-distance communication.
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- Bret Pasch
- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, 617 S. Beaver Street, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Midwestern University, 19555 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA
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Motion-based signaling in sympatric species of Australian agamid lizards. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2017; 203:661-671. [DOI: 10.1007/s00359-017-1185-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Langin KM, Sillett TS, Morrison SA, Ghalambor CK. Bill morphology and neutral genetic structure both predict variation in acoustic signals within a bird population. Behav Ecol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Laiolo P. Phenotypic similarity in sympatric crow species: Evidence of social convergence? Evolution 2017; 71:1051-1060. [PMID: 28145581 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2016] [Revised: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Crows, rooks, and ravens (Corvus spp.) display marked morphological and voice similarities that have been hypothesized to stem from competitive interactions, as a case of nonaposematic mimicry. Here, I test predictions of the mimicry hypothesis at the macrovolutionary scale, examining whether species morphological and acoustic traits covary with those of coexisting congeners, and whether phenotypic similarity has facilitated the coexistence of related species after secondary contact. Body size and the temporal patterns of the commonest call display high levels of similarity among sympatric species, even after controlling for the effect of shared climate and habitat, and phylogenetic constraints in the production of variation. When sister species differed in these acoustic and morphological traits, their transition to secondary sympatry was delayed relative to those with more similar traits. No similarity was found in the sexual call of crows, suggesting that convergence occurs only when function does not favour maintenance of species-specific traits. Crow similarities in morphological and acoustic features may therefore be associated with coevolving interactions with congeners, in line with a broad array of studies documenting convergence among species that interact aggressively or forage communally.
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- Paola Laiolo
- Research Unit of Biodiversity (UO, CSIC, PA), Oviedo University, Campus de Mieres, 33600, Mieres, Spain
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Vallinoto M, Cunha DB, Bessa-Silva A, Sodré D, Sequeira F. Deep divergence and hybridization among sympatric Neotropical toads. Zool J Linn Soc 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Mason NA, Burns KJ, Tobias JA, Claramunt S, Seddon N, Derryberry EP. Song evolution, speciation, and vocal learning in passerine birds. Evolution 2017; 71:786-796. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.13159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Nicholas A. Mason
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca New York 14853
- Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca New York 14850
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- Department of Biology San Diego State University San Diego California 92182
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- Department of Life Sciences Imperial College London Silwood Park Ascot SL5 7PY United Kingdom
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- Department of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History New York New York 10024
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- Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology University of Oxford Oxford OX1 3PS United Kingdom
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana 70118
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Krishnan A, Tamma K. Divergent morphological and acoustic traits in sympatric communities of Asian barbets. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2016; 3:160117. [PMID: 27853589 PMCID: PMC5108939 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The opposing effects of environmental filtering and competitive interactions may influence community assembly and coexistence of related species. Competition, both in the domain of ecological resources, and in the sensory domain (for example, acoustic interference) may also result in sympatric species evolving divergent traits and niches. Delineating these scenarios within communities requires understanding trait distributions and phylogenetic structure within the community, as well as patterns of trait evolution. We report that sympatric assemblages of Asian barbets (frugivorous canopy birds) consist of a random phylogenetic sample of species, but are divergent in both morphological and acoustic traits. Additionally, we find that morphology is more divergent than expected under Brownian evolution, whereas vocal frequency evolution is close to the pattern expected under Brownian motion (i.e. a random walk). Together, these patterns are consistent with a role for competition or competitive exclusion in driving community assembly. Phylogenetic patterns of morphological divergence between related species suggest that these traits are key in species coexistence. Because vocal frequency and size are correlated in barbets, we therefore hypothesize that frequency differences between sympatric barbets are a by-product of their divergent morphologies.
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- Anand Krishnan
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Authors for correspondence: Anand Krishnan e-mail: ;
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, GKVK Campus, Bangalore 560065, Karnataka, India
- Authors for correspondence: Krishnapriya Tamma e-mail:
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Riede T, Eliason CM, Miller EH, Goller F, Clarke JA. Coos, booms, and hoots: The evolution of closed‐mouth vocal behavior in birds. Evolution 2016; 70:1734-46. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.12988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Revised: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tobias Riede
- Department of Physiology Midwestern University Glendale Arizona 85308
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- Department of Geological Sciences The University of Texas at Austin Texas 78712
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- Department of Biology, Memorial University St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3X9 Canada
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- Department of Biology University of Utah Salt Lake City 84112 Utah
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- Department of Geological Sciences The University of Texas at Austin Texas 78712
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The origins and diversity of bat songs. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2016; 202:535-54. [DOI: 10.1007/s00359-016-1105-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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McEntee JP, Peñalba JV, Werema C, Mulungu E, Mbilinyi M, Moyer D, Hansen L, Fjeldså J, Bowie RCK. Social selection parapatry in Afrotropical sunbirds. Evolution 2016; 70:1307-21. [PMID: 27167078 DOI: 10.1111/evo.12950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Revised: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The extent of range overlap of incipient and recent species depends on the type and magnitude of phenotypic divergence that separates them, and the consequences of phenotypic divergence on their interactions. Signal divergence by social selection likely initiates many speciation events, but may yield niche-conserved lineages predisposed to limit each others' ranges via ecological competition. Here, we examine this neglected aspect of social selection speciation theory in relation to the discovery of a nonecotonal species border between sunbirds. We find that Nectarinia moreaui and Nectarinia fuelleborni meet in a ∼6 km wide contact zone, as estimated by molecular cline analysis. These species exploit similar bioclimatic niches, but sing highly divergent learned songs, consistent with divergence by social selection. Cline analyses suggest that within-species stabilizing social selection on song-learning predispositions maintains species differences in song despite both hybridization and cultural transmission. We conclude that ecological competition between moreaui and fuelleborni contributes to the stabilization of the species border, but that ecological competition acts in conjunction with reproductive interference. The evolutionary maintenance of learned song differences in a hybrid zone recommend this study system for future studies on the mechanisms of learned song divergence and its role in speciation.
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- Jay P McEntee
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720. .,Current Address: Department of Biology, University of Florida, P. O. Box 118525, 220 Bartram Hall, Gainesville, Florida, 32611.
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- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720.,Current Address: Australian National University, Canberra
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- Department of Zoology and Wildlife Conservation, University of Dar-es-salaam, Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania
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- Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, 60605
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720
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Doutrelant C, Paquet M, Renoult JP, Grégoire A, Crochet PA, Covas R. Worldwide patterns of bird colouration on islands. Ecol Lett 2016; 19:537-45. [DOI: 10.1111/ele.12588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Revised: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Claire Doutrelant
- CEFE UMR 5175; CNRS - Univ. Montpellier - Univ. Paul-Valéry Montpellier- EPHE; 1919 route de Mende; 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
- Percy FitzPatrick Institute; DST-NRF Centre of Excellence; University of Cape Town; Rondebosch 7701 South Africa
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- CEFE UMR 5175; CNRS - Univ. Montpellier - Univ. Paul-Valéry Montpellier- EPHE; 1919 route de Mende; 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- ACTE UMR 8218; CNRS-Univ. Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; 47 rue des bergers; 75015 Paris France
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- CEFE UMR 5175; CNRS - Univ. Montpellier - Univ. Paul-Valéry Montpellier- EPHE; 1919 route de Mende; 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- CEFE UMR 5175; CNRS - Univ. Montpellier - Univ. Paul-Valéry Montpellier- EPHE; 1919 route de Mende; 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- Percy FitzPatrick Institute; DST-NRF Centre of Excellence; University of Cape Town; Rondebosch 7701 South Africa
- CIBIO-InBio; University of Porto; Rua Monte-Crasto; 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
- Department of Biology; Science Faculty; University of Porto; Porto Portugal
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García-Navas V, Blumstein DT. The effect of body size and habitat on the evolution of alarm vocalizations in rodents. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Vicente García-Navas
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies; University of Zurich; Wintherthurestrasse 190 CH-8057 Zurich Switzerland
- Department of Integrative Ecology; Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC); Avenida Américo Vespucio s/n E-41092 Seville Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; University of California; 621 Young Drive South Los Angeles CA USA
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Martin MD, Mendelson TC. Male behaviour predicts trait divergence and the evolution of reproductive isolation in darters (Percidae: Etheostoma). Anim Behav 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bacquet PMB, Brattström O, Wang HL, Allen CE, Löfstedt C, Brakefield PM, Nieberding CM. Selection on male sex pheromone composition contributes to butterfly reproductive isolation. Proc Biol Sci 2015; 282:20142734. [PMID: 25740889 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Selection can facilitate diversification by inducing character displacement in mate choice traits that reduce the probability of maladaptive mating between lineages. Although reproductive character displacement (RCD) has been demonstrated in two-taxa case studies, the frequency of this process in nature is still debated. Moreover, studies have focused primarily on visual and acoustic traits, despite the fact that chemical communication is probably the most common means of species recognition. Here, we showed in a large, mostly sympatric, butterfly genus, a strong pattern of recurrent RCD for predicted male sex pheromone composition, but not for visual mate choice traits. Our results suggest that RCD is not anecdotal, and that selection for divergence in male sex pheromone composition contributed to reproductive isolation within the Bicyclus genus. We propose that selection may target olfactory mate choice traits as a more common sensory modality to ensure reproductive isolation among diverging lineages than previously envisaged.
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- P M B Bacquet
- Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics Group, Biodiversity Research Centre, Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 4-5, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department of Zoology, University Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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- Department of Biology, Pheromone Group, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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- Department of Biology, Pheromone Group, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Zoology, University Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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- Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics Group, Biodiversity Research Centre, Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 4-5, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Clark DL, Macedonia JM, Rowe JW, Stuart MA, Kemp DJ, Ord TJ. Evolution of displays in Galápagos lava lizards: comparative analyses of signallers and robot playbacks to receivers. Anim Behav 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Medina-García A, Araya-Salas M, Wright TF. Does vocal learning accelerate acoustic diversification? Evolution of contact calls in Neotropical parrots. J Evol Biol 2015; 28:1782-92. [DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Revised: 07/04/2015] [Accepted: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- A. Medina-García
- Department of Biology; New Mexico State University; Las Cruces NM USA
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- Department of Biology; New Mexico State University; Las Cruces NM USA
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- Department of Biology; New Mexico State University; Las Cruces NM USA
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Reif J, Jiran M, Reifová R, Vokurková J, Dolata PT, Petrusek A, Petrusková T. Interspecific territoriality in two songbird species: potential role of song convergence in male aggressive interactions. Anim Behav 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Bradley CE, McClung MR. Vocal divergence and discrimination of long calls in tamarins: A comparison of allopatric populations of Saguinus fuscicollis nigrifrons and S. f. lagonotus. Am J Primatol 2015; 77:679-87. [PMID: 25759142 DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Divergence in vocalizations can reduce gene flow by serving as a premating barrier during secondary contact between previously isolated populations. In primates, vocal divergence in long calls of separated populations has been documented, yet recognition of these differences by the respective populations has seldom been studied in the field. To investigate this issue, we studied populations of two subspecies of saddle-back tamarins (Saguinus fuscicollis nigrifrons and S. f. lagonotus) that are separated by the Amazon River in Peru. We recorded long calls of each subspecies and detected significant differences between the populations in the number of notes per call, duration of calls, and shifts in starting frequency of notes over the length of calls. In addition, a population of S. f. nigrifrons responded more overtly in measures of approach to playback of long calls of its own subspecies compared to long calls of S. f. lagonotus. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that allopatric divergence of long calls might contribute to reproductive isolation of these subspecies of saddle-back tamarins, which adds to growing evidence suggesting full species status for these taxa.
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- Caitlin E Bradley
- Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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Caro SP, Balthazart J, Bonadonna F. The perfume of reproduction in birds: chemosignaling in avian social life. Horm Behav 2015; 68:25-42. [PMID: 24928570 PMCID: PMC4263688 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2014] [Revised: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This article is part of a Special Issue "Chemosignals and Reproduction". Chemical cues were probably the first cues ever used to communicate and are still ubiquitous among living organisms. Birds have long been considered an exception: it was believed that birds were anosmic and relied on their acute visual and acoustic capabilities. Birds are however excellent smellers and use odors in various contexts including food searching, orientation, and also breeding. Successful reproduction in most vertebrates involves the exchange of complex social signals between partners. The first evidence for a role of olfaction in reproductive contexts in birds only dates back to the seventies, when ducks were shown to require a functional sense of smell to express normal sexual behaviors. Nowadays, even if the interest for olfaction in birds has largely increased, the role that bodily odors play in reproduction still remains largely understudied. The few available studies suggest that olfaction is involved in many reproductive stages. Odors have been shown to influence the choice and synchronization of partners, the choice of nest-building material or the care for the eggs and offspring. How this chemical information is translated at the physiological level mostly remains to be described, although available evidence suggests that, as in mammals, key reproductive brain areas like the medial preoptic nucleus are activated by relevant olfactory signals. Olfaction in birds receives increasing attention and novel findings are continuously published, but many exciting discoveries are still ahead of us, and could make birds one of the animal classes with the largest panel of developed senses ever described.
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- Samuel P Caro
- Research Group in Behavioural Ecology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, CEFE-CNRS (UMR 5175), Montpellier, France; Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Research Group in Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Liège, Belgium
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- Research Group in Behavioural Ecology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, CEFE-CNRS (UMR 5175), Montpellier, France
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Tietze DT, Martens J, Fischer BS, Sun YH, Klussmann-Kolb A, Päckert M. Evolution of leaf warbler songs (Aves: Phylloscopidae). Ecol Evol 2015; 5:781-98. [PMID: 25691998 PMCID: PMC4328779 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Revised: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Songs in passerine birds are important for territory defense and mating. Speciation rates in oscine passerines are so high, due to cultural evolution, that this bird lineage makes up half of the extant bird species. Leaf warblers are a speciose Old-World passerine family of limited morphological differentiation, so that songs are even more important for species delimitation. We took 16 sonographic traits from song recordings of 80 leaf warbler taxa and correlated them with 15 potentially explanatory variables, pairwise, and in linear models. Based on a well-resolved molecular phylogeny of the same taxa, all pairwise correlations were corrected for relatedness with phylogenetically independent contrasts and phylogenetic generalized linear models were used. We found a phylogenetic signal for most song traits, but a strong one only for the duration of the longest and of the shortest element, which are presumably inherited instead of learned. Body size of a leaf warbler species is a constraint on song frequencies independent of phylogeny. At least in this study, habitat density had only marginal impact on song features, which even disappeared through phylogenetic correction. Maybe most leaf warblers avoid the deterioration through sound propagation in dense vegetation by singing from exposed perches. Latitudinal (and longitudinal) extension of the breeding ranges was correlated with most song features, especially verse duration (longer polewards and westwards) and complexity (lower polewards). Climate niche or expansion history might explain these correlations. The number of different element types per verse decreases with elevation, possibly due to fewer resources and congeneric species at higher elevations.
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- Dieter Thomas Tietze
- Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University Max-von-Laue-Straße 13, 60439, Frankfurt am Main, Germany ; Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Zoology, Johannes Gutenberg University 55099, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University Max-von-Laue-Straße 13, 60439, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 100101, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University Max-von-Laue-Straße 13, 60439, Frankfurt am Main, Germany ; Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig Adenauerallee 160, 53113, Bonn, Germany
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- Senckenberg Natural History Collections, Museum of Zoology Königsbrücker Landstraße 159, 01109, Dresden, Germany
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Ahonen H, Stow AJ, Harcourt RG, Charrier I. Adult male Australian sea lion barking calls reveal clear geographical variations. Anim Behav 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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González C, Ornelas JF. Acoustic divergence with gene flow in a lekking hummingbird with complex songs. PLoS One 2014; 9:e109241. [PMID: 25271429 PMCID: PMC4182805 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Hummingbirds have developed a remarkable diversity of learned vocalizations, from single-note songs to phonologically and syntactically complex songs. In this study we evaluated if geographic song variation of wedge-tailed sabrewings (Campylopterus curvipennis) is correlated with genetic divergence, and examined processes that explain best the origin of intraspecific song variation. We contrasted estimates of genetic differentiation, genetic structure, and gene flow across leks from microsatellite loci of wedge-tailed sabrewings with measures for acoustic signals involved in mating derived from recordings of males singing at leks throughout eastern Mexico. We found a strong acoustic structure across leks and geography, where lek members had an exclusive assemblage of syllable types, differed in spectral and temporal measurements of song, and song sharing decreased with geographic distance. However, neutral genetic and song divergence were not correlated, and measures of genetic differentiation and migration estimates indicated gene flow across leks. The persistence of acoustic structuring in wedge-tailed sabrewings may thus best be explained by stochastic processes across leks, in which intraspecific vocal variation is maintained in the absence of genetic differentiation by postdispersal learning and social conditions, and by geographical isolation due to the accumulation of small differences, producing most dramatic changes between populations further apart.
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- Clementina González
- Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología AC, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología AC, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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Hudson EJ, Price TD. Pervasive Reinforcement and the Role of Sexual Selection in Biological Speciation. J Hered 2014; 105 Suppl 1:821-33. [DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esu041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Differences in olfactory species recognition in the females of two Australian songbird species. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1791-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Amorim T, Manhães M, Azevedo A, Andriolo A. The vocal repertoire of Myrmeciza loricata(Lichtenstein, 1823) (Aves: Thamnophilidae). J NAT HIST 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.840939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Wilson DR, Bitton PP, Podos J, Mennill DJ. Uneven Sampling and the Analysis of Vocal Performance Constraints. Am Nat 2014; 183:214-28. [DOI: 10.1086/674379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Tobias JA, Cornwallis CK, Derryberry EP, Claramunt S, Brumfield RT, Seddon N. Species coexistence and the dynamics of phenotypic evolution in adaptive radiation. Nature 2013; 506:359-63. [PMID: 24362572 DOI: 10.1038/nature12874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Accepted: 11/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Interactions between species can promote evolutionary divergence of ecological traits and social signals, a process widely assumed to generate species differences in adaptive radiation. However, an alternative view is that lineages typically interact when relatively old, by which time selection for divergence is weak and potentially exceeded by convergent selection acting on traits mediating interspecific competition. Few studies have tested these contrasting predictions across large radiations, or by controlling for evolutionary time. Thus the role of species interactions in driving broad-scale patterns of trait divergence is unclear. Here we use phylogenetic estimates of divergence times to show that increased trait differences among coexisting lineages of ovenbirds (Furnariidae) are explained by their greater evolutionary age in relation to non-interacting lineages, and that--when these temporal biases are accounted for--the only significant effect of coexistence is convergence in a social signal (song). Our results conflict with the conventional view that coexistence promotes trait divergence among co-occurring organisms at macroevolutionary scales, and instead provide evidence that species interactions can drive phenotypic convergence across entire radiations, a pattern generally concealed by biases in age.
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- Joseph A Tobias
- 1] Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK [2]
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- 1] Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK [2] Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, SE-223 62, Sweden [3]
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- 1] Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA [2] Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA
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- 1] Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA [2] Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA [3] Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York 10024, USA
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- 1] Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA [2] Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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Morinay J, Cardoso GC, Doutrelant C, Covas R. The evolution of birdsong on islands. Ecol Evol 2013; 3:5127-40. [PMID: 24455143 PMCID: PMC3892323 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Revised: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Islands are simplified, isolated ecosystems, providing an ideal set-up to study evolution. Among several traits that are expected to change on islands, an interesting but poorly understood example concerns signals used in animal communication. Islands are typified by reduced species diversity, increased population density, and reduced mate competition, all of which could affect communication signals. We used birdsong to investigate whether there are systematic changes in communication signals on islands, by undertaking a broad comparison based on pairs of closely related island-mainland species across the globe. We studied song traits related to complexity (number of different syllables, frequency bandwidth), to vocal performance (syllable delivery rate, song duration), and also three particular song elements (rattles, buzzes, and trills) generally implicated in aggressive communication. We also investigated whether song complexity was related to the number of similar sympatric species. We found that island species were less likely to produce broadband and likely aggressive song elements (rattles and buzzes). By contrast, various aspects of song complexity and performance did not differ between island and mainland species. Species with fewer same-family sympatric species used wider frequency bandwidths, as predicted by the character release hypothesis, both on continents and on islands. Our study supports the hypothesis of a reduction in aggressive behavior on islands and suggests that discrimination against closely related species is an important factor influencing birdsong evolution.
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- Jennifer Morinay
- AgroParisTech 16 Rue Claude Bernard, 75005, Paris, France ; CEFE-CNRS 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier Cedex 5, France ; CIBIO, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal ; Biology Department, Science Faculty, University of Porto Porto, Portugal
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Stream noise, hybridization, and uncoupled evolution of call traits in two lineages of poison frogs: Oophaga histrionica and Oophaga lehmanni. PLoS One 2013; 8:e77545. [PMID: 24194888 PMCID: PMC3806806 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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According to the acoustic adaptation hypothesis, communication signals are evolutionary shaped in a way that minimizes its degradation and maximizes its contrast against the background noise. To compare the importance for call divergence of acoustic adaptation and hybridization, an evolutionary force allegedly promoting phenotypic variation, we compared the mate recognition signal of two species of poison frogs (Oophaga histrionica and O. lehmanni) at five localities: two (one per species) alongside noisy streams, two away from streams, and one interspecific hybrid. We recorded the calls of 47 males and characterized the microgeographic variation in their spectral and temporal features, measuring ambient noise level, body size, and body temperature as covariates. As predicted, frogs living in noisy habitats uttered high frequency calls and, in one species, were much smaller in size. These results support a previously unconsidered role of noise on streams as a selective force promoting an increase in call frequency and pleiotropic effects in body size. Regarding hybrid frogs, their calls overlapped in the signal space with the calls of one of the parental lineages. Our data support acoustic adaptation following two evolutionary routes but do not support the presumed role of hybridization in promoting phenotypic diversity.
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Vortman Y, Lotem A, Dor R, Lovette I, Safran RJ. Multiple Sexual Signals and Behavioral Reproductive Isolation in a Diverging Population. Am Nat 2013; 182:514-23. [DOI: 10.1086/671908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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