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Volodin IA, Yurlova DD, Ilchenko OG, Vasilieva NA, Volodina EV. Non-individualistic ultrasonic and audible isolation calls throughout ontogeny in a rodent, Eolagurus luteus. Behav Processes 2021; 193:104540. [PMID: 34774667 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2021.104540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Acoustic individuality is present in diverse taxa of mammals and birds, becoming especially prominent in those age groups for which discriminating conspecifics by voice is critically important. This study compares, for the first time, the ontogenetic changes of acoustic individuality of ultrasonic and audible calls (USVs and AUDs) across 12 age-classes (from neonates to adults) in captive yellow steppe lemmings Eolagurus luteus. We found that, in this rodent species, the isolation-induced USVs and AUDs are not individually distinct at any age. We discuss that this result is unusual, because discriminating individuals by individualistic vocal traits may be important for such a social species as yellow steppe lemming. We also discuss the potential role of acoustic individuality in studies including rodent models.
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- Ilya A Volodin
- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 1/12, Moscow 119234, Russia; Department of Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect, 33, Moscow 119071, Russia.
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- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 1/12, Moscow 119234, Russia.
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- Small Mammals Department, Moscow Zoo, B. Gruzinskaya, 1, Moscow 123242, Russia.
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- Department of Population Ecology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect, 33, Moscow 119071, Russia.
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- Department of Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect, 33, Moscow 119071, Russia.
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Brito JM, Tinoco N, Chávez D, Moreno-Cárdenas P, Batallas D, Ojala-Barbour R. New species of arboreal rat of the genus Rhipidomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from Sangay National Park, Ecuador. NEOTROPICAL BIODIVERSITY 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2017.1292755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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- Jorge M. Brito
- División de Mastozoología, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales del Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador
- Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Quito, Ecuador
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- Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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- Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- División de Mastozoología, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales del Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador
- Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Quito, Ecuador
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- División de Mastozoología, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales del Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador
- Fundación Naturaleza Kakaram, Quito, Ecuador
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- División de Mastozoología, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales del Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, WA, USA
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Verzola-Olivio P, Monticelli PF. The acoustic repertoire of Cavia intermedia as a contribution to the understanding of the Caviidae communication system. BIOACOUSTICS 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2016.1278401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Paula Verzola-Olivio
- Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Ethology and Bioacoustics Lab (EBAC), Department of Psychology, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Ethology and Bioacoustics Lab (EBAC), Department of Psychology, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Instituto de Psicologia, Experimental Psychology Department of University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Kleven GA, Bellinger SA. Developmental pathways of motor dysfunction. Dev Psychobiol 2015; 57:435-46. [DOI: 10.1002/dev.21304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Gale A. Kleven
- Department of Psychology; Wright State University; Dayton OH 45435
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Bellinger SA, Lucas D, Kleven GA. An ecologically relevant guinea pig model of fetal behavior. Behav Brain Res 2015; 283:175-83. [PMID: 25655512 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.01.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2014] [Revised: 01/01/2015] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The laboratory guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, shares with humans many similarities during pregnancy and prenatal development, including precocial offspring and social dependence. These similarities suggest the guinea pig as a promising model of fetal behavioral development as well. Using innovative methods of behavioral acclimation, fetal offspring of female IAF hairless guinea pigs time mated to NIH multicolored Hartley males were observed longitudinally without restraint using noninvasive ultrasound at weekly intervals across the 10 week gestation. To ensure that the ultrasound procedure did not cause significant stress, salivary cortisol was collected both before and after each observation. Measures of fetal spontaneous movement and behavioral state were quantified from video recordings from week 3 through the last week before birth. Results from prenatal quantification of Interlimb Movement Synchrony and state organization reveal guinea pig fetal development to be strikingly similar to that previously reported for other rodents and preterm human infants. Salivary cortisol readings taken before and after sonography did not differ at any observation time point. These results suggest this model holds translational promise for studying the prenatal mechanisms of neurobehavioral development, including those that may result from adverse events. Because the guinea pig is a highly social mammal with a wide range of socially oriented vocalizations, this model may also have utility for studying the prenatal origins and trajectories of developmental disabilities with social-emotional components, such as autism.
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- S A Bellinger
- Department of Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, United States; Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, United States; Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, United States.
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Dos Santos E, Tokumaru RS, Nogueira-Filho SLG, Nogueira SSC. The effects of unrelated offspring whistle calls on capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris). BRAZ J BIOL 2015; 74:S171-6. [PMID: 25627382 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.25212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Parent-offspring vocal communication, such as the isolation call, is one of the essential adaptations in mammals that adjust parental responsiveness. Thus, our aim was to test the hypothesis that the function of the capybara infants' whistle is to attract conspecifics. We designed a playback experiment to investigate the reaction of 20 adult capybaras (seven males and 13 females) to pups' whistle calls - recorded from unrelated offspring - or to bird song, as control. The adult capybaras promptly responded to playback of unrelated pup whistles, while ignoring the bird vocalisation. The adult capybaras took, on average, 2.6 ± 2.5 seconds (s) to show a response to the whistles, with no differences between males and females. However, females look longer (17.0 ± 12.9 s) than males (3.0 ± 7.2 s) toward the sound source when playing the pups' whistle playback. The females also tended to approach the playback source, while males showed just a momentary interruption of ongoing behaviour (feeding). Our results suggest that capybara pups' whistles function as the isolation call in this species, but gender influences the intensity of the response.
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- E Dos Santos
- Laboratório de Etologia Aplicada, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas - DCB, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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- Departamento de Psicologia Social e do Desenvolvimento, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES, Vitória, ES, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Etologia Aplicada, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas - DCB, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Etologia Aplicada, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas - DCB, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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Monticelli PF, Ades C. The rich acoustic repertoire of a precocious rodent, the wild cavy Cavia aperea. BIOACOUSTICS 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2012.711516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Patrícia Ferreira Monticelli
- a Depto de Psicologia , Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo , Ribeirão Preto , Brazil
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- b Depto de Psicologia Experimental , Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de São Paulo , Brazil
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MONTICELLI PATRÍCIAFERREIRA, ADES CÉSAR. BIOACOUSTICS OF DOMESTICATION: ALARM AND COURTSHIP CALLS OF WILD AND DOMESTIC CAVIES. BIOACOUSTICS 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2011.9753642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Barros KS, Tokumaru RS, Pedroza JP, Nogueira SSC. Vocal Repertoire of Captive Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris): Structure, Context and Function. Ethology 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01853.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bohn KM, Wilkinson GS, Moss CF. Discrimination of Infant Isolation Calls by Female Greater Spear-Nosed Bats, Phyllostomus hastatus. Anim Behav 2007; 73:423-432. [PMID: 18311319 PMCID: PMC2000849 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In colonial species, recognition of offspring should be under strong selection. For accurate identification to occur offspring must emit individually distinctive signals and parents must be able to discriminate between signals. Female greater spear-nosed bats (Phyllostomus hastatus) roost in stable social groups and use infant vocalizations, termed isolation calls, to locate and identify their young. In this study, we investigate both the production and perception of isolation calls in P. hastatus. First, we measured acoustic features and found that after controlling for ontogenetic effects, sufficient variation exists between pups for isolation calls to function as individual signatures. Moreover, pups from the same social group emit calls with more similar spectral and spectro-temporal features than pups from different social groups, indicating that these features are likely heritable. We used psychoacoustic experiments in the laboratory to determine if adult females could discriminate between calls from pups in the same or different social group. Females discriminated between pups when faced with a template-matching task and their performance was correlated with the salience of spectral and spectro-temporal features. We found no difference in performance when females had to discriminate between pups from the same and different social groups. These results indicate that females should be able to accurately identify their young using isolation calls.
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