التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Group Size and Social Interactions Are Associated With Calling Behavior in Carolina Chickadees (Poecile carolinensis). |
| المؤلفون: |
Freeberg, Todd M.1 tfreeber@utk.edu, Harvey, Ellen M.1 |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Comparative Psychology. Aug2008, Vol. 122 Issue 3, p312-318. 7p. 3 Graphs. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*CAROLINA chickadee, *ANIMAL communication, *ANIMAL behavior, *ANIMAL sounds, *ANIMAL communities, *ANIMAL sound production |
| مستخلص: |
The complexity of a social group may influence the vocal behavior of group members. Recent evidence in Carolina chickadees, Poecile carolinensis, indicated that one component of social complexity, group size, influenced the complexity of the "chick-a-dee" call, a vocalization functioning in social cohesion. Individuals in larger social groups used calls with greater information than did individuals in smaller social groups. Here, the authors review this earlier work, and describe a recent study indicating that social interactions between females and males within female-male pairs of chickadees were associated with rates of chick-a-dee call production in the males. Together, these studies suggest that the nature and complexity of social interactions among members of chickadee social groups influence chick-a-dee calling behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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