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Pandit MM, Bridge ES, Ross JD. Environmental conditions lead to shifts in individual communication, which can cause cascading effects on soundscape composition. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e9359. [PMID: 36203628 PMCID: PMC9526030 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Meelyn M. Pandit
- Oklahoma Biological Survey University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA
- Department of Biology University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA
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- Oklahoma Biological Survey University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA
- Department of Biology University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA
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- Oklahoma Biological Survey University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA
- Department of Biology University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA
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Garcia Arasco A, Manser M, Watson SK, Kyabulima S, Radford AN, Cant MA, Garcia M. Testing the acoustic adaptation hypothesis with vocalizations from three mongoose species. Anim Behav 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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MANZANO MARIACAROLINAR, SAWAYA RICARDOJ. Environmental and phylogenetic aspects affect in different ways the acoustic niche of a frog community in southeastern Brazil. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2022; 94:e20200705. [DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202220200705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Hart PJ, Ibanez T, Paxton K, Tredinnick G, Sebastián-González E, Tanimoto-Johnson A. Timing Is Everything: Acoustic Niche Partitioning in Two Tropical Wet Forest Bird Communities. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.753363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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When acoustic signals sent from individuals overlap in frequency and time, acoustic interference and signal masking may occur. Under the acoustic niche hypothesis (ANH), signaling behavior has evolved to partition acoustic space and minimize overlap with other calling individuals through selection on signal structure and/or the sender’s ability to adjust the timing of signals. Alternately, under the acoustic clustering hypothesis, there is potential benefit to convergence and synchronization of the structural or temporal characteristics of signals in the avian community, and organisms produce signals that overlap more than would be expected by chance. Interactive communication networks may also occur, where species living together are more likely to have songs with convergent spectral and or temporal characteristics. In this study, we examine the fine-scale use of acoustic space in montane tropical wet forest bird communities in Costa Rica and Hawai‘i. At multiple recording stations in each community, we identified the species associated with each recorded signal, measured observed signal overlap, and used null models to generate random distributions of expected signal overlap. We then compared observed vs. expected signal overlap to test predictions of the acoustic niche and acoustic clustering hypotheses. We found a high degree of overlap in the signal characteristics (frequency range) of species in both Costa Rica and Hawai‘i, however, as predicted under ANH, species significantly reduced observed overlap relative to the random distribution through temporal partitioning. There was little support for acoustic clustering or the prediction of the network hypothesis that species segregate across the landscape based on the frequency range of their vocalizations. These findings constitute strong support that there is competition for acoustic space in these signaling communities, and this has resulted primarily in temporal partitioning of the soundscape.
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Chhaya V, Lahiri S, Jagan MA, Mohan R, Pathaw NA, Krishnan A. Community Bioacoustics: Studying Acoustic Community Structure for Ecological and Conservation Insights. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.706445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The diversity of animal acoustic signals has evolved due to multiple ecological processes, both biotic and abiotic. At the level of communities of signaling animals, these processes may lead to diverse outcomes, including partitioning of acoustic signals along multiple axes (divergent signal parameters, signaling locations, and timing). Acoustic data provides information on the organization, diversity and dynamics of an acoustic community, and thus enables study of ecological change and turnover in a non-intrusive way. In this review, we lay out how community bioacoustics (the study of acoustic community structure and dynamics), has value in ecological monitoring and conservation of diverse landscapes and taxa. First, we review the concepts of signal space, signal partitioning and their effects on the structure of acoustic communities. Next, we highlight how spatiotemporal ecological change is reflected in acoustic community structure, and the potential this presents in monitoring and conservation. As passive acoustic monitoring gains popularity worldwide, we propose that the analytical framework of community bioacoustics has promise in studying the response of entire suites of species (from insects to large whales) to rapid anthropogenic change.
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Lahiri S, Pathaw NA, Krishnan A. Convergent acoustic community structure in South Asian dry and wet grassland birds. Biol Open 2021; 10:269190. [PMID: 34142707 PMCID: PMC8272033 DOI: 10.1242/bio.058612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Although the study of bird acoustic communities has great potential in long-term monitoring and conservation, their assembly and dynamics remain poorly understood. Grassland habitats in South Asia comprise distinct biomes with unique avifauna, presenting an opportunity to address how community-level patterns in acoustic signal space arise. Similarity in signal space of different grassland bird assemblages may result from phylogenetic similarity, or because different bird groups partition the acoustic resource, resulting in convergent distributions in signal space. Here, we quantify the composition, signal space and phylogenetic diversity of bird acoustic communities from dry semiarid grasslands of northwest India and wet floodplain grasslands of northeast India, two major South Asian grassland biomes. We find that acoustic communities occupying these distinct biomes exhibit convergent, overdispersed distributions in signal space. However, dry grasslands exhibit higher phylogenetic diversity, and the two communities are not phylogenetically similar. The Sylvioidea encompasses half the species in the wet grassland acoustic community, with an expanded signal space compared to the dry grasslands. We therefore hypothesize that different clades colonizing grasslands partition the acoustic resource, resulting in convergent community structure across biomes. Many of these birds are threatened, and acoustic monitoring will support conservation measures in these imperiled, poorly-studied habitats. This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper. Summary: Acoustic communities of different grassland biomes exhibit convergent signal space in spite of dissimilar species compositions.
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- Sutirtha Lahiri
- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pashan Road, Pune 411008, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pashan Road, Pune 411008, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pashan Road, Pune 411008, India
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Contingency and determinism in the evolution of bird song sound frequency. Sci Rep 2021; 11:11600. [PMID: 34078943 PMCID: PMC8172888 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90775-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Sexual signals are archetypes of contingent evolution: hyper-diverse across species, often evolving fast and in unpredictable directions. It is unclear to which extent their evolutionary unpredictability weakens deterministic evolution, or takes place bounded by deterministic patterns of trait evolution. We compared the evolution of sound frequency in sexual signals (advertisement songs) and non-sexual social signals (calls) across > 500 genera of the crown songbird families. Contrary to the acoustic adaptation hypothesis, we found no evidence that forest species used lower sound frequencies in songs or calls. Consistent with contingent evolution in song, we found lower phylogenetic signal for the sound frequency of songs than calls, which suggests faster and less predictable evolution, and found unpredictable direction of evolution in lineages with longer songs, which presumably experience stronger sexual selection on song. Nonetheless, the most important deterministic pattern of sound frequency evolution—its negative association with body size—was stronger in songs than calls. This can be explained by songs being longer-range signals than most calls, and thus using sound frequencies that animals of a given size produce best at high amplitude. Results indicate that sexual selection can increase aspects of evolutionary contingency while strengthening, rather than weakening, deterministic patterns of evolution.
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Kleyn T, Cruz Kaizer M, Passos LF. Sharing sound: Avian acoustic niches in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Biotropica 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Tristan Kleyn
- Department of Natural Sciences & Psychology Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool UK
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- School of Science, Engineering and Environment University of Salford‐Manchester Salford UK
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- Department of Natural Sciences & Psychology Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool UK
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Krishnan A. Acoustic community structure and seasonal turnover in tropical South Asian birds. Behav Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arz087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Birds produce diverse acoustic signals, with coexisting species occupying distinct “acoustic niches” to minimize masking, resulting in overdispersion within acoustic space. In tropical regions of the world, an influx of migrants from temperate regions occurs during winter. The effects of these migrants on acoustic community structure and dynamics remain unstudied. Here, I show that in a tropical dry forest bird community occurring within an urban area in India, the influx of winter migrants is accompanied by a change in species composition of the acoustic community. However, in spite of this, the acoustic community remains overdispersed in acoustic niche space. The winter community of vocal birds at this study site additionally exhibits lower energy in the 4–7 kHz frequency bands (consistent with species singing less continuously), as well as lower phylogenetic diversity. My data are thus indicative of seasonal turnover in acoustic communities but suggest that acoustic niches and community structure are stable across seasons. Migrants occupy similar regions of acoustic space as residents and are relatively closely related to some of these species. Their arrival, therefore, leads to greater phylogenetic clustering in the winter and thus lower phylogenetic diversity, although the acoustic community remains overdispersed. Studying seasonal dynamics of acoustic communities thus provides valuable insight into assembly processes, as well as a potential framework for long-term monitoring of urban ecosystems.
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- Anand Krishnan
- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pune, India
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Paxton KL, Sebastián-González E, Hite JM, Crampton LH, Kuhn D, Hart PJ. Loss of cultural song diversity and the convergence of songs in a declining Hawaiian forest bird community. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2019; 6:190719. [PMID: 31598249 PMCID: PMC6731710 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.190719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The effects of population decline on culturally transmitted behaviours in animals have rarely been described, but may have major implications to population viability. Learned vocal signals in birds are of critical importance to behaviours associated with reproduction, intrasexual interactions and group cohesion, and the complexity of vocal signals such as song can serve as an honest signal of an individual's quality as well as the viability of a population. In this study, we examined how rapid population declines recently experienced by Hawaiian honeycreepers on the island of Kaua'i (USA) may have influenced the diversity, complexity and similarity of learned honeycreeper songs. We analysed the acoustic characteristics of songs recorded during three time periods over a 40-year time frame for three species of declining Kaua'i honeycreepers. We detected a loss of song complexity and diversity over the 40-year time period that paralleled dramatic population declines. Concurrent with the loss of complexity, we also found that the acoustic characteristics of the three honeycreepers' songs became more similar to one another. To our knowledge, this is the first documentation of convergence of acoustic characteristics among rapidly declining species. The reduction in song complexity and diversity and convergence of songs not only signals a loss of culturally transmitted behaviours in these endemic Hawaiian honeycreepers, but also potential challenges to the recovery of these rapidly declining species. Moreover, the present study highlights that there is a 'hidden' cost to declining populations beyond just the loss of individuals that is not often considered, the loss of culturally transmitted social behaviours.
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- Department of Applied Biology, Miguel Hernández University, Avenida de la Universidad s/n 03202 Elche, Spain
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- Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife, University of Hawai‘i Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife, University of Hawai‘i Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- SoundsHawaiian, PO Box 1018, Waimea, HI 96796, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Hawai‘i Hilo, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
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Pang‐Ching JM, Paxton KL, Paxton EH, Pack AA, Hart PJ. The effect of isolation, fragmentation, and population bottlenecks on song structure of a Hawaiian honeycreeper. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:2076-2087. [PMID: 29468026 PMCID: PMC5817154 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Little is known about how important social behaviors such as song vary within and among populations for any of the endemic Hawaiian honeycreepers. Habitat loss and non-native diseases (e.g., avian malaria) have resulted in isolation and fragmentation of Hawaiian honeycreepers within primarily high elevation forests. In this study, we examined how isolation of Hawai'i 'amakihi (Chlorodrepanis virens) populations within a fragmented landscape influences acoustic variability in song. In the last decade, small, isolated populations of disease tolerant 'amakihi have been found within low elevation forests, allowing us to record 'amakihi songs across a large elevational gradient (10-1800 m) that parallels disease susceptibility on Hawai'i island. To understand underlying differences among populations, we examined the role of geographic distance, elevation, and habitat structure on acoustic characteristics of 'amakihi songs. We found that the acoustic characteristics of 'amakihi songs and song-type repertoires varied most strongly across an elevational gradient. Differences in 'amakihi song types were primarily driven by less complex songs (e.g., fewer frequency changes, shorter songs) of individuals recorded at low elevation sites compared to mid and high elevation populations. The reduced complexity of 'amakihi songs at low elevation sites is most likely shaped by the effects of habitat fragmentation and a disease-driven population bottleneck associated with avian malaria, and maintained through isolation, localized song learning and sharing, and cultural drift. These results highlight how a non-native disease through its influence on population demographics may have also indirectly played a role in shaping the acoustic characteristics of a species.
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- Joshua M. Pang‐Ching
- Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental ScienceUniversity of Hawaii at HiloHiloHIUSA
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- U.S. Geological Survey Pacific Island Ecosystems Research CenterHiloHIUSA
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of Hawaii at HiloHiloHIUSA
- Department of PsychologyUniversity of Hawaii at HiloHiloHIUSA
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Wheatcroft D, Qvarnström A. Reproductive character displacement of female, but not male song discrimination in an avian hybrid zone. Evolution 2017; 71:1776-1786. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.13267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Revised: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- David Wheatcroft
- Animal Ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics Uppsala University Norbyvägen 18D 752 36 Sweden
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- Animal Ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics Uppsala University Norbyvägen 18D 752 36 Sweden
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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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Song divergence between subspecies of reed bunting is more pronounced in singing styles under sexual selection. Anim Behav 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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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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Vélez A, Gall MD, Fu J, Lucas JR. Song structure, not high‐frequency song content, determines high‐frequency auditory sensitivity in nine species ofNewWorld sparrows (Passeriformes:Emberizidae). Funct Ecol 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Alejandro Vélez
- Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University 915 West State Street West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University 915 West State Street West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
- Department of Biology Vassar College 124 Raymond Avenue Poughkeepsie NY 12603 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University 915 West State Street West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University 915 West State Street West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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Penna M, Toloza J. Vocal Responsiveness to Interfering Sounds By a Frog From The Southern Temperate Forest,Batrachyla leptopus. Ethology 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/eth.12314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Mario Penna
- Programa de Fisiología y Biofísica; Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas; Facultad de Medicina; Universidad de Chile; Santiago Chile
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Austral de Chile; Valdivia Chile
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Toledo LF, Llusia D, Vieira CA, Corbo M, Márquez R. Neither convergence nor divergence in the advertisement call of sympatric congeneric Neotropical treefrogs. BIOACOUSTICS 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2014.926831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Luís Felipe Toledo
- Fonoteca Neotropical Jacques Vielliard (FNJV), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Fonoteca Zoológica, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), C/José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Fonoteca Neotropical Jacques Vielliard (FNJV), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Fonoteca Neotropical Jacques Vielliard (FNJV), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Fonoteca Zoológica, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), C/José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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A universal challenge faced by animal species is the need to communicate effectively against a backdrop of heterospecific signals. It is often assumed that this need results in signal divergence to minimize interference among community members, yet previous support for this idea is mixed, and few studies have tested the opposing hypothesis that interactions among competing species promote widespread convergence in signaling regimes. Using a null model approach to analyze acoustic signaling in 307 species of Amazonian birds, we show that closely related lineages signal together in time and space and that acoustic signals given in temporal or spatial proximity are more similar in design than expected by chance. These results challenge the view that multispecies choruses are structured by temporal, spatial, or acoustic partitioning and instead suggest that social communication between competing species can fundamentally organize signaling assemblages, leading to the opposite pattern of clustering in signals and signaling behavior.
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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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Cardoso GC, Hu Y, Mota PG. Birdsong, sexual selection, and the flawed taxonomy of canaries, goldfinches and allies. Anim Behav 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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