Why do distress calls evoke interspecific responses? An experimental study applied to some species of birds
International audience Distress calls of birds are well-known to elicit interspecific responses when they are broadcast to different species. We suggest that the interspecificity phenomenon results from the use of similar laws of decoding by all species. To support this hypothesis, we broadcast a si...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-02555461v1 2023-05-15T18:42:34+02:00 Why do distress calls evoke interspecific responses? An experimental study applied to some species of birds Aubin, Thierry Laboratoire d'Ethologie Expérimentale, CNRS UA 667 Neurobiologie de l'apprentissage, de la mémoire et de la communication (NAMC) Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 1991-03 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02555461 https://doi.org/10.1016/0376-6357(91)90061-4 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/0376-6357(91)90061-4 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/24897723 hal-02555461 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02555461 doi:10.1016/0376-6357(91)90061-4 PUBMED: 24897723 ISSN: 0376-6357 EISSN: 1872-8308 Behavioural Processes https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02555461 Behavioural Processes, Elsevier, 1991, 23 (2), pp.103-111. ⟨10.1016/0376-6357(91)90061-4⟩ [SDV.NEU.NB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Neurobiology [SDV.NEU.PC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Psychology and behavior [SDV.NEU.SC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Cognitive Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 1991 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1016/0376-6357(91)90061-4 2021-01-23T23:39:06Z International audience Distress calls of birds are well-known to elicit interspecific responses when they are broadcast to different species. We suggest that the interspecificity phenomenon results from the use of similar laws of decoding by all species. To support this hypothesis, we broadcast a simplified synthetic call to five species of birds (Larus argentatus, L. ridibundus, Vanellus vanellus, Corvus frugilegus and Sturnus vulgaris). This synthetic call was built by keeping all the parameters involved in the process of recognition and common to the different species and by removing species specific markers. No significant differences were found between this signal and specific control signals (one for each species). These results support the hypothesis that the interspecificity of responses is linked to similarities in the process of identification of the distress message. In addition, the decoding law of such calls appears to conform to selection pressures imposed by physical laws of sound transmission at long range. Article in Journal/Newspaper Vanellus vanellus Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Behavioural Processes 23 2 103 111 |
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International audience Distress calls of birds are well-known to elicit interspecific responses when they are broadcast to different species. We suggest that the interspecificity phenomenon results from the use of similar laws of decoding by all species. To support this hypothesis, we broadcast a simplified synthetic call to five species of birds (Larus argentatus, L. ridibundus, Vanellus vanellus, Corvus frugilegus and Sturnus vulgaris). This synthetic call was built by keeping all the parameters involved in the process of recognition and common to the different species and by removing species specific markers. No significant differences were found between this signal and specific control signals (one for each species). These results support the hypothesis that the interspecificity of responses is linked to similarities in the process of identification of the distress message. In addition, the decoding law of such calls appears to conform to selection pressures imposed by physical laws of sound transmission at long range. |
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Laboratoire d'Ethologie Expérimentale, CNRS UA 667 Neurobiologie de l'apprentissage, de la mémoire et de la communication (NAMC) Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Why do distress calls evoke interspecific responses? An experimental study applied to some species of birds |
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ISSN: 0376-6357 EISSN: 1872-8308 Behavioural Processes https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02555461 Behavioural Processes, Elsevier, 1991, 23 (2), pp.103-111. ⟨10.1016/0376-6357(91)90061-4⟩ |
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