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A desert songbird with no confamilials in the Western Hemisphere (Verdin, Auriparus flaviceps) investigates divergent conspecific songs
| العنوان: | A desert songbird with no confamilials in the Western Hemisphere (Verdin, Auriparus flaviceps) investigates divergent conspecific songs |
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| المؤلفون: | Greig, Emma I, Kinnebrew, Eva, Witynski, Max L, Larsen, Eric C |
| المصدر: | Ornithology ; volume 138, issue 3 ; ISSN 0004-8038 2732-4613 |
| بيانات النشر: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics |
| الوصف: | Most birds that show geographic variation in their songs discriminate between local and foreign songs, which may help them avoid unnecessary conflicts with vagrant individuals or similar-sounding congeners. However, some species respond equally to foreign and local songs, which may be useful if foreign individuals present territorial threats or if there are no sympatric congeners to avoid. Species without sympatric congeners are not commonly tested in playback studies, but they offer an opportunity to see how song variation and recognition unfolds when the pressure to avoid similar congeners is absent. Here, we use Verdins (Auriparus flaviceps), a monotypic genus of songbird with no confamilials in North America, to explore song variation and recognition in a species living without close relatives. We assessed geographic variation in song across the Verdin range and conducted a playback experiment using exemplars from 2 acoustically divergent and geographically distant regions as treatments. We found significant geographic variation in song that mapped well onto ecologically distinct desert regions. We found that Verdins had stronger vocal responses to local-sounding songs, but had equal movement responses to local-sounding and foreign songs. These results are similar to results found in other species without sympatric congeners and provide an example of a species that investigates acoustically divergent conspecific songs, despite recognizing salient differences in those songs. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ornithology/ukab032 |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukab032 http://academic.oup.com/auk/article-pdf/138/3/ukab032/39772890/ukab032.pdf |
| Rights: | https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.1976F0B |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ornithology/ukab032 |
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