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Anyone listening? No evidence for eavesdropping on male singing interactions in the great tit, Parus major. Anim Behav 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Bircher N, Naguib M. How Songbird Females Sample Male Song: Communication Networks and Mate Choice. CODING STRATEGIES IN VERTEBRATE ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-39200-0_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Kniel N, Bender S, Witte K. Sex-Specific Audience Effect in the Context of Mate Choice in Zebra Finches. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0147130. [PMID: 26839957 PMCID: PMC4739725 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Animals observing conspecifics during mate choice can gain additional information about potential mates. However, the presence of an observer, if detected by the observed individuals, can influence the nature of the behavior of the observed individuals, called audience effect. In zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis), domesticated males show an audience effect during mate choice. However, whether male and female descendants of the wild form show an audience effect during mate choice is unknown. Therefore, we conducted an experiment where male and female focal birds could choose between two distinctive phenotypes of the opposite sex, an artificially adorned stimulus bird with a red feather on the forehead and an unadorned stimulus bird, two times consecutively, once without an audience and once with an audience bird (same sex as test bird). Males showed an audience effect when an audience male was present and spent more time with adorned and less time with unadorned females compared to when there was no audience present. The change in time spent with the respective stimulus females was positively correlated with the time that the audience male spent in front of its cage close to the focal male. Females showed no change in mate choice when an audience female was present, but their motivation to associate with both stimulus males decreased. In a control for mate-choice consistency there was no audience in either test. Here, both focal females and focal males chose consistently without a change in choosing motivation. Our results showed that there is an audience effect on mate choice in zebra finches and that the response to a same-sex audience was sex-specific.
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- Nina Kniel
- Research Group of Ecology and Behavioral Biology, Institute of Biology, Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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- Research Group of Ecology and Behavioral Biology, Institute of Biology, Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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- Research Group of Ecology and Behavioral Biology, Institute of Biology, Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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Helfer B, Osiejuk TS. It Takes All Kinds in Acoustic Communication: A New Perspective on the Song Overlapping Phenomenon. Ethology 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/eth.12356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Bartosz Helfer
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; Technische Universität München; Klinikum rechts der Isar; Munich Germany
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- Department of Behavioural Ecology; Faculty of Biology; Institute of Environmental Biology; Adam Mickiewicz University; Poznan Poland
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Bartsch C, Wenchel R, Kaiser A, Kipper S. Singing onstage: female and male common nightingales eavesdrop on song type matching. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1727-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Leboucher G, Vallet E, Nagle L, Béguin N, Bovet D, Hallé F, Draganoiu TI, Amy M, Kreutzer M. Studying Female Reproductive Activities in Relation to Male Song. ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394288-3.00005-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Ung D, Amy M, Leboucher G. Heaven it's my wife! Male canaries conceal extra-pair courtships but increase aggressions when their mate watches. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22686. [PMID: 21857945 PMCID: PMC3153460 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Accepted: 06/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Many animals live in a communication network, an environment where individuals can obtain information about competitors or potential mates by observing interactions between conspecifics. In such an environment, interactants might benefit by changing their signalling behaviour in the presence of an audience. This audience effect seems widespread among species, has been observed during various types of interaction (e.g. intra-sexual vs. inter-sexual interaction) and varies according to the social context (e.g. gender, hierarchical or mating status of the audience). However, the way individuals might adapt their signalling behaviour to a combination of these factors remains poorly understood. To address this question, we studied how the presence of an audience affects the behaviour of male domestic canaries Serinus canaria during two types of interactions: (i) an extra-pair interaction and (ii) a male-male competition for food. Males were observed under three conditions: (a) in the absence of audience, (b) in the presence of their mate or (c) of a familiar female. Our results show that male domestic canaries minutely adapt their courting and agonistic behaviours to a combination of: (i) the type of interaction (extra-pair interaction/male-male competition), (ii) the social context (mate, familiar female or nobody in audience) and (iii) the behaviours of both the audience and the interactant. These results highlight the ability of animals to subtly adapt their behaviour to the social environment. This also raises questions about the cognitive foundations and evolution of these processes especially considering that canaries are known neither for having high cognitive abilities nor for being a typical example for the social intelligence hypothesis.
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- Davy Ung
- Laboratoire d'Ethologie et Cognition Comparées, EA 3456, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Paris, France.
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Naguib M, Kunc HP, Sprau P, Roth T, Amrhein V. Communication Networks and Spatial Ecology in Nightingales. ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-380896-7.00005-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Dzieweczynski TL, Walsh MM. Audience Type and Receptivity Affect Male-Female Interactions in Siamese Fighting Fish. Ethology 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01849.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Naguib M, Mennill DJ. The signal value of birdsong: empirical evidence suggests song overlapping is a signal. Anim Behav 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Garcia-Fernandez V, Amy M, Lacroix A, Malacarne G, Leboucher G. Eavesdropping on Male Singing Interactions Leads to Differential Allocation in Eggs. Ethology 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01784.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Complex call in male rock hyrax (Procavia capensis): a multi-information distributing channel. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0693-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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den Hartog PM, Slabbekoorn H, Ten Cate C. Male territorial vocalizations and responses are decoupled in an avian hybrid zone. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2008; 363:2879-89. [PMID: 18508751 PMCID: PMC2606739 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A core area of speciation research concerns the coevolution of species-specific signals and the selective sensitivity to such signals. Signals and responses to them should be tuned to each other, to be effective in intraspecific communication. Hybrid zones are ideal to study the presence of such 'behavioural coupling' and the mechanisms governing it, and this has rarely been done. Our study examines acoustic signals of males and their response to them in the context of territorial interactions in a natural hybrid zone between two dove species, Streptopelia vinacea and Streptopelia capicola. Male signals are important in hybrid zone dynamics as they are essential for territory establishment, which is crucial for successful reproduction. We tested whether the response of individual male hybrids is linked to how similar their own signal is to the playback signal. We did not find evidence for behavioural coupling. The combined evidence from the low level of response to hybrid and heterospecific signals outside the hybrid zone and a lack of coupling within the hybrid zone suggests that perceptual learning may explain our results. Learning to respond to locally abundant signals may be the best individual strategy and is likely to contribute to the maintenance of a hybrid zone.
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- Paula M den Hartog
- Behavioural Biology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Amy M, Monbureau M, Durand C, Gomez D, Théry M, Leboucher G. Female canary mate preferences: differential use of information from two types of male–male interaction. Anim Behav 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Logue D, Forstmeier W. Constrained Performance in a Communication Network: Implications for the Function of Song‐Type Matching and for the Evolution of Multiple Ornaments. Am Nat 2008; 172:34-41. [DOI: 10.1086/587849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Chan JPY, Lau PR, Tham AJ, Li D. The effects of male–male contests and female eavesdropping on female mate choice and male mating success in the jumping spider, Thiania bhamoensis (Araneae: Salticidae). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0488-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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From eavesdropping on performance to copying the behavior of others: a review of public information use. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0439-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Vocal interactions in common nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos): males take it easy after pairing. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0284-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Magnhagen C. Information about an opponent can decrease aggression in male common gobies competing for nest sites. Anim Behav 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Naguib M, Kipper S. Effects of different levels of song overlapping on singing behaviour in male territorial nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0066-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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